Standard 3 Objective 4
Compare rapid and gradual changes to Earth's surface
11 Question(s)
Take Home Test #11
1) What evidence do we see that energy from the earth's interior has reached the surface?
A. large trees
C. the grand canyon
B. volcanoes and earthquakes
D. the global winds
2) On a mountaintop, you find rock samples that have large crystals and are heavy and dense. These rocks probably:
A. cooled underground and were then thrust up
B. formed in quiet waters and were thrust up
C. were compressed together and thrust up
D. cooled quickly after a violent volcanic eruption
E. were cemented together with chemicals on top of the mountain
3) Tim studied the amount of
energy that came to the surface
of the earth from the interior, for
16 days. His special equipment
printed the graph to the right.
His notes taken during the study
indicate that two earthquakes
preceded the volcanic eruption
on the 15th day. Those occurred
on the third and seventh days.
What would be the most logical
explanation for the slow steady
transfer of energy from days 912?
A. Heat and pressure were
building under the surface
B. Heat and pressure were being released under the surface
C. Nothing was happening under the surface
D. Energy was building on the surface
4) Tim studied the amount of energy that came to the surface of the earth from the interior, for 16 days. His special equipment printed
the graph above. His notes taken during the study indicate that two earthquakes preceded the volcanic eruption on the 15th day. Those
occurred on the third and seventh days. According to the graph, which event transferred the most total energy?
A. Days 3-4, earthquake 1
C. Days 6-8, earthquake 2
B. Days 4-6, volcanic eruption
D. Days 14-16, volcanic eruption
5) Tim studied the amount of energy that came to the surface of the earth from the interior, for 16 days. His special equipment printed
the graph above. His notes taken during the study indicate that two earthquakes preceded the volcanic eruption on the 15th day. Those
occurred on the third and seventh days. What could you assume about energy coming to the surface from this study?
A. There is no correlation between this study and earthquakes and volcanoes
B. Less energy comes to the surface during earthquakes or volcanoes
C. More energy comes to the surface before and after an earthquake than any other time
D. Earthquakes and volcanoes deliver energy to the surface
6) If you place your two fists together knuckle to knuckle and force one up and one down, your
fists remain motionless until the forces become large enough to move. Then, your fists move all
at once, bumping and jiggling across each other. As your fists slip and move, this most closely
models which of these natural events?
A. river
C. glacier
B. avalanche
D. earthquake
7) Which event would most likely produce igneous rocks?
A. deposition
B. earthquake
C. flood
D. volcano
8) Which of the following best describes how volcanoes transfer energy?
A. Heat and mechanical energy are transferred as magma flows from a volcano.
B. Volcanoes gather heat from the sun and give it off as light and sound.
C. Volcanoes carry heat from the surface to the deep interior of Earth.
D. Magma produced by a volcano can carry heat but not energy.
9) A home is built on several known earthquake faults. After it is built, the owner is told the home cannot be lived in or resold. Which of
the following statements is true?
A. The area could have been surveyed by a geologist to determine the suitability for construction.
B. Developers and contractors have all the knowledge they need about the local area and can build anywhere they see fit.
C. Surveying the lot is too costly and not worth the effort even in an earthquake zone.
D. Nothing could have prevented this from happening.
10) A homebuilder wishes to build homes high on the banks of a river where the view is beautiful. What would a geologist recommend?
A. don’t build; an earthquake could easily damage the homes.
B. don’t build; the danger of floods or erosion is too high.
C. build the houses; they can be protected from natural disaster.
D. build the houses and get good insurance on them.
11) Two students make models of earthquakes. Tom slowly bends a popsicle stick, breaking it, and notes the sudden release of
energy. Tina drops a rock into a pan of water and watches the waves travel outward. Which model is the most scientific?
A. Tina’s model creates data that is easier to measure.
B. Tom’s model uses equipment that is more accurate for predictions.
C. both are good models that show characteristics of earthquakes.
D. neither model shows the correct scientific methods that are used by scientists
12) These waves are compressional waves that travel in straight lines.
13) What are the three Ss of secondary waves? (Second does not count)
14) Which sentence best describes why surface waves don’t travel long distances?
A. because they aren’t created in the really big earthquakes.
B. Because they cause liquefaction which slows them down.
C. Because the wave uses too much energy as it leaves the epicenter (spot of quake) and the energy gets transferred into other areas.
15. Which 2 sentences best describe the release of energy in a quake?
A. Energy is stored as potential energy until it is released
B. The energy is only released in a side to side motion
C. The energy is only released in an up and down motion
D. The P waves cannot travel through solids
E. The energy travels out in all directions.