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APSC 151 MIDTERM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:100 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 100
What glacial landform is responsible for a large portion of the water resources for greater
metropolitan Toronto?
Stalled magma chambers
Conglomerate
Oak ridge moraine
High oil contents
Term 2 of 100
When glaciers suddenly move forward they are said to ________.
Greenland
Sheild
Calving
Surge
Term 3 of 100
What is the nature of the FUSION reaction in the SUN
Stalled magma chambers
Produces seismic action which can cause a slop to slide and collapse.
Nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium
Drainage of surface and ground water.
,Term 4 of 100
Which sediment gets lithified to become shale?
Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and atmosphere
Composite volcano or stratovolcano
Don't
Mud
Term 5 of 100
What is the largest immediate volcanic threat to human life and property?
Produces seismic action which can cause a slop to slide and collapse.
Pyroclastic flows, mudslides
Magma composition, temperature, dissolved gas content
Tensile, compressive, shear
Term 6 of 100
Which volcano is a very large, gently sloping mound composed mainly of mafic lava flows?
Porosity and permeability
Basaltic lava
Greenland
Sheild
Term 7 of 100
Where is the world's greatest tidal range?
Facies change
Bay of Fundy
Stalled magma chambers
Half the wavelength
,Term 8 of 100
What are some of the main types of damage in an earthquake?
Ground shaking, ground rupture, landslides, tsunamis, and liquefaction
Rapid snowmelt, intense rainfall, earthquake shaking, volcanic eruption, storm waves,
rapid-stream erosion, or human activities, such as grading a new road.
caused by a sudden displacement in the ocean. Waves are caused by gravitational pull.
Produces seismic action which can cause a slop to slide and collapse.
Term 9 of 100
What is the dominant lava type erupted along mid-ocean ridges?
Bay of Fundy
Stalled magma chambers
Basaltic lava
Greenland
Term 10 of 100
What kind of volcano is Mount Garibaldi?
Chemical
Composite
Silica, calcite, gypsum, iron oxide
Aa, and Pahoehoe
, Term 11 of 100
Compaction is a very important part of the lithification process for which of the following
sediments?
Cementation and compaction
Sandstone and siltstone
Moisture and temperature
Porosity and permeability
Term 12 of 100
What economic value do shales have, such as the Queenston Formation below the Niagara
escarpment?
Moisture and temperature
High oil contents
U shaped valley
Conglomerate
Term 13 of 100
Explain the Richter scale?
They are caused by divergent boundaries
Nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium
Modify slope geography, using chemical agents to reinforce, debris pathways
Quantitative measure of an earthquakes magnitude
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