Assignment 3.

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button to access the assignment and submit your answers. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 are very interrelated so some answers may be found in more than one chapter. 1. The plate tectonics theory does not explain as much as the continental drift theory. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 2. The continents are older than the ocean basins. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 3. Plates move apart at __________. (Points: 2) a. divergent plate boundaries b. convergent plate boundaries c. transform fault boundaries d. all of the above e. none of the above 4. The information gathered by the Deep Sea Drilling Project was used to refute several important aspects of the plate tectonics theory. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 5. San Andreas fault exemplifies this type of plate boundary. (Points: 2) a. divergent boundary b. convergent (oceanic-oceanic) boundary c. convergent (continental-continental) boundary d. convergent (oceanic-continental) boundary e. transform fault boundary 6. Mountains formed by the collision between continents. (Points: 2) a. Cascades b. Himalayas c. Appalachians d. both Cascades and Himalayas e. both Himalayas and Appalachians 7. An earthquake radiates energy _____________ from its focus. (Points: 2) a. Northward b. according to Earths existing magnetic field c. in all directions d. downward into the Earth e. none of the above

8. Seismographs record earthquake waves by means of a suspended mass which ___________. (Points: 2) a. moves with the ground b. is anchored to bedrock c. does not move with the ground d. rotates with a drum e. none of the above 9. Tsunamis ______________. (Points: 2) a. are created by the tidal effect of the moon and sun b. may result from underwater landslides c. advance across the ocean at slow speeds d. are never triggered by earthquakes e. are the locations at the surface directly above earthquake foci 10. The Lithosphere includes ____________. (Points: 2) a. continental crust b. oceanic crust c. uppermost mantle d. all of the above e. none of the above 11. Folds can be characterized by their orientation. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 12. The terms terrane and terrain are synonymous. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 13. The more viscous a material is the __________ it is. (Points: 2) a. more resistant to flow b. less resistant to flow c. more fluid d. hotter e. none of the above 14. Calderas are small circular volcanic structures. (Points: 2) a. True b. False 15. Mount St. Helens erupted with a __________. (Points: 2) a. nue ardente b. welded tuff c. volcanic neck d. all of the above e. none of the above