Answers San Francisco State UniversityEARTH 310Earth 310 # 1
The Theory of Plate Tectonics is ________.
Select one:
a. An educated guess
b. The current best explanation
c. A statement of fact
d. Supported by research
e. A and C
f. B and D
The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains __________.
Select one:
a. Global distribution of volcanoes
b. Global distribution of earthquakes
c. Global distribution of mountain ranges
d. All of the above
What type of tectonic plate boundary is the San Francisco Bay Area built on?
Select one:
a. Transverse
b. Divergent
c. Transform
d. Subvergent
e. Convergent
What type of fault are the San Andreas and Hayward faults?
Select one:
a. transform
b. thrust
c. normal
d. right-lateral strike-slip
e. left-lateral strike-slip
Hazards most associated with strike-slip earthquakes on the Hayward fault could
include_______________.
Select one:
a. Rain on snow
b. Liquefaction
c. Riptides
d. Tsunamis
e. All of the above
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, What is the main type of tectonic plate boundary that exists along the edge of the North
American plate near the coast of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington?
Select one:
a. Compressional
b. Convergent
c. Divergent
d. Transform
Megathrust earthquakes, like one that can occur on the Cascadia subduction zone off the
coast of Oregon and Northern California (north of Mendocino California), can be strongest
in magnitude—stronger than a San Andreas earthquake like 1906.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
A major strike-slip earthquake on the San Andreas fault in California will cause a catastrophic
tsunami affecting residents of San Francisco.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
The earth’s tectonic plates are always moving. We can measure their movements using GPS, just
like we can track a car or a teenager with a cell phone. ;-)
Given that the plates are always moving, why do we have only occasional earthquakes—
rather than constant shifting and rumbling?
Hint: this question is about elastic rebound theory!
Select one:
a. There is friction resisting the motion between any two tectonic plates.
b. None of these
c. The lithosphere stretches to a limit, and then it breaks.
d. All of these
e. The lithosphere can stretch like a rubber band.
Extra Credit Question:
For those who lived in the Bay Area after the 1906 earthquake and before the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake, it was a pretty quiet time—without many earthquakes at all.
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The Theory of Plate Tectonics is ________.
Select one:
a. An educated guess
b. The current best explanation
c. A statement of fact
d. Supported by research
e. A and C
f. B and D
The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains __________.
Select one:
a. Global distribution of volcanoes
b. Global distribution of earthquakes
c. Global distribution of mountain ranges
d. All of the above
What type of tectonic plate boundary is the San Francisco Bay Area built on?
Select one:
a. Transverse
b. Divergent
c. Transform
d. Subvergent
e. Convergent
What type of fault are the San Andreas and Hayward faults?
Select one:
a. transform
b. thrust
c. normal
d. right-lateral strike-slip
e. left-lateral strike-slip
Hazards most associated with strike-slip earthquakes on the Hayward fault could
include_______________.
Select one:
a. Rain on snow
b. Liquefaction
c. Riptides
d. Tsunamis
e. All of the above
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, What is the main type of tectonic plate boundary that exists along the edge of the North
American plate near the coast of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington?
Select one:
a. Compressional
b. Convergent
c. Divergent
d. Transform
Megathrust earthquakes, like one that can occur on the Cascadia subduction zone off the
coast of Oregon and Northern California (north of Mendocino California), can be strongest
in magnitude—stronger than a San Andreas earthquake like 1906.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
A major strike-slip earthquake on the San Andreas fault in California will cause a catastrophic
tsunami affecting residents of San Francisco.
Select one:
a. True
b. False
The earth’s tectonic plates are always moving. We can measure their movements using GPS, just
like we can track a car or a teenager with a cell phone. ;-)
Given that the plates are always moving, why do we have only occasional earthquakes—
rather than constant shifting and rumbling?
Hint: this question is about elastic rebound theory!
Select one:
a. There is friction resisting the motion between any two tectonic plates.
b. None of these
c. The lithosphere stretches to a limit, and then it breaks.
d. All of these
e. The lithosphere can stretch like a rubber band.
Extra Credit Question:
For those who lived in the Bay Area after the 1906 earthquake and before the 1989 Loma Prieta
earthquake, it was a pretty quiet time—without many earthquakes at all.
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