ERSC 181 Test 8 (Final).

ERSC 181 Test 8 (Final).


Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access)
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Question 1 of 50
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Refer to the image of a meandering stream shown here. At which site along the stream would
stream erosion be the most active?




A. D and B

B. A and C

C. B and C

D. C and D

E. A and E




Question 2 of 50
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Which type of faulting is most dangerous in Utah?



A. Thrust

B. Normal

C. Reverse

,D. Strike-slip

, E. Transform




Question 3 of 50
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Where do we generally find the most quantity of explosive volcanic
eruptions?



A. Divergent plate boundary

B. Subduction zone boundary

C. Mid-oceanic ridges

D. Ocean island hotspots

E. Transform plate boundary




Question 4 of 50
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James Hutton’s statement that “the present is the key to the past” (uniformitarianism) is demonstrated
by .


A. the Earth’s landscapes are fixed and have not changed

B. gravity being a recent phenomenon and not changing metamorphic rocks in the past

C. the volcano that erupted last year on August 15 will occur every 10 years on that date

D. the fact that our human ancestors hunted dinosaurs for millennia

E. ancient sedimentary rocks formed by similar processes as are observed today




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Question 5 of 50
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When going from a magnitude 5 to a magnitude 6 earthquake on the Richter magnitude scale, what
is the increase in seismic wave amplitude?


A. 0.5

B. 1

C. 10

D. 2

E. 100