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Natty D - Final Test 2
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Geology
Undergraduate 3
12/13/2010

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AS ocean crust is subducted what plays a key role in forming magma at depth?
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Water
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Which type of plate boundary would have no volcanic activity?
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transform plate boundaries
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Global climate can be changes by volcanoes that emit large quantities of
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ash and sulfur dioxide
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What might provide evidence of an ancient "super-volcano" eruption?
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all of the above
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If a super volcano erupted the earth would become
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cooler and drier
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Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii would be referred to as a....
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shield volcano
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Subduction zones generate this type of magma and crust?
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rhyolite magma and continental crust
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Which would be the least common type of activity in continental arc volcanoes?
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fluid lava flows
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Which of the following statements is true about explosive volcanic eruptions?
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they produce large amounts of ash products
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Which composition would have the highest silica content?
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rhyolite
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Which composition would be more likely to form a lava dome?
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rhyolite
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Which composition would likely form a shield volcano?
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Basalt
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Which composition would have the highest temperature of eruption?
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Basalt
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Which composition would not usually be associated with mudflows?
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rhyolite, andesite
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Which composition would have the lowest viscosity?
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Basalt
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Which composition would be the least explosive?
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Basalt
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Which composition would be found in the Andes Mountains
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Andesite
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Which composition would make the darkest color rocks?
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Basalt
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Which composition would be characteristic of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii
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Basalt
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Which composition would be characteristic of Mt St Helens in Washington
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Rhyolite
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The largest eruption in the last 1 million years occured in....
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Indonesia
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Which of the following places would be a location of a supervolcano
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California
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Explosives of a volcano increases with an increase in....
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water content
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When a volcanic cone collapses into its magma reservoir it forms a.....
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caldera
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Melting of snow or glacial ice on tall volcanoes, such as mount rainier, can generate
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lahars
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Which of the following is NOT true about pyroclastic flows?
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they are also called debris flows and can travel extremely long distances
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Which of the following describes the eruption of Mt. St Helens in 1980?
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a small volume ash-rich eruption
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Which of the following is hazardous to people living ~50 km from a strato-volcano?
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mudflow
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Where in the world would most expect to see a lava lake?
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Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii
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Maurice and Kattia Kraft, the famous volcano observers, died where and how?
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on Mt Unzen in Japan by a pyroclastic flow
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Which of the following would help predict the timing of an eruption the most precisely?
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the location and frequency of earthquakes
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Which of the following shapes would result from the most violent volcanic eruption?
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a caldera collapse structure that is 20 kilometers across and 5000 feet high
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Which of the following is absolutely required for all mass wasting types?
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gravity
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What do all long-runout landslides have in common besides the distance they travel?
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an exceptionally large mass of material
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How would a giant landslide into the ocean from Mauna Loa volcano kill the most people?
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an exceptionally large tsunami
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What conditions would generate very thick soil layers and thus unstable slopes?
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hot conditions with high annual rainfall
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What best describes the movement of a rotational landslide?
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a mass slumps due to movement along a curved slip surface.
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This type of mass movement always requires water
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debris flow
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What would be general characteristic of the rocks that contributes to a translational slide?
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dipping layers or structures
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Which of the following would make a slope more stable usually?
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vegetation
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What is the typical run-out distance for non-fluidized mass movements?
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a run-out distance is usually equal to the vertical fall (1X)
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Which of the following slopes would be least stable?
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steep, saturated, clay and sand
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Tsunami means ________in Japanese and most are formed by______
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harbor wave, earthquakes
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What occurs as a tsunami wave approaches the edge of a land mass?
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the wavelength decreases, velocity decreases, height increases
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Which of the following is true based on observations of tsunami?
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tsunami can be devastating on all sides of an island.
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The destructive powers of tsunami results mainly from their...
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momentum and long wavelength
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Which area on a coastline would likely be hit the hardest by tsunami waves?
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bays, harbors, inlets
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What best describes the number of waves associated with a tsunami?
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a tsunami is often 4 or more
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Which is the following does NOT describe tsunami?
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they are produced by gravity from the Moon and Sun
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Which event produces the biggest tsunami?
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Asteroid impact
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