Geophysics 375 – Natural Disasters and Critical Earth Phenomena
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Geophysics 375 (GOPH 375) Final Exam
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Question 1 |
A | 45 years |
B | 150 years |
C | 1 year |
D | 100 years |
E | 15 years |
Question 2 |
A | Extensive volcanism in South America |
B | Supernova close to the Earth |
C | Sea level fall |
D | An asteroid or cometary impact |
E | Dramatic climate change |
Question 3 |
A | Cuba |
B | Bangladesh |
C | Nepal |
D | United States |
E | Japan |
Question 4 |
A | Carbonaceous-Triassic change of trilobite termination |
B | Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary with the dinosaur extinction |
C | Kelvin temperature of cloud ice/hail formation |
D | Minimum Kelvin temperature required for magma formation |
E | Kellogg-Trottier sea ice transition temperature |
Question 5 |
A | Provide a place of permanent stress quiescence |
B | Generate several weak seismic events over a long period of time |
C | Eventually rupture causing an earthquake |
D | Generate a volcanic eruption |
E | Continue to be a source of ongoing earthquakes |
Question 6 |
A | It never strikes the same place twice |
B | It is an acoustic shock wave |
C | It is a discharge of voltage generated in a cloud |
D | It is caused by transmission of positive ions from the cloud |
E | It travels at the speed of sound |
Question 7 |
A | preheating, oxygen, fuel |
B | reverse photosynthesis, fuel, carbon dioxide |
C | fuel, oxygen, ignition |
D | oxidation, pyrolysis, convection |
E | fuel, ignition, carbon dioxide |
Question 8 |
A | A forest fire that spreads from treetop to treetop |
B | A small forest fire that get exhausted in a short period of time |
C | A forest fire that is caused by friction between tree branches igniting tree leaves |
D | A forest fire that lowers the oxygen content significantly in a short period of time |
E | A forest fire caused by a lightning strike |
Question 9 |
A | The result of underestimating the frequency of a hundred-year flood on a river. |
B | The chance of dying in a tornado in Kansas. |
C | The over estimation of stability of a slope resulting catastrophic failure. |
D | A statistical fluctuation in population that can lead to species= extinction. |
E | An ill-timed death due to participation in a hurricane party. |
Question 10 |
A | A heart attack while driving to work. |
B | A hurricane while driving to a brothel. |
C | A vehicle collision while driving to work. |
D | A tsunami while driving to work. |
E | An earthquake while driving to work. |
Question 11 |
A | 2.25 x 10 11 Joules |
B | 1.50 x 10 13 Joules |
C | 1.25 x 10 9 Joules |
D | 2.25 x 10 13 Joules |
E | 1.50 x 10 7 Joules |
Question 12 |
A | Hawaii |
B | Philippines |
C | Japan |
D | Norway |
Question 13 |
A | A high-temperature region within glaciers |
B | The convergence point two or more earthquakes |
C | The convergence point of earthquake-generated tsunamis |
D | The location of an earthquake on the Earth's surface |
E | The initiation point of an earthquake usually below the surface |
Question 14 |
A | Tornados |
B | None of the answers are correct |
C | Lightning |
D | Flooding |
E | Hail |
Question 15 |
A | Melting of all current glaciers would raise sea level by only 1m. |
B | Glaciers have been covering a significant global area for 2 million years |
C | Glaciers have advanced and receded consistent with Milankovitch cycles. |
D | Glaciers can gouge steep V-shaped valleys Hint: Glaciers are associated with U-shaped valleys |
E | Glaciers cannot carry much more than pebbles as they advance |
Question 16 |
A | Violent weathers phenomenons such as hurricanes |
B | Earthquakes |
C | Release of internal heat |
D | Sunlight |
E | Volcanic eruptions |
F | Meteorite impacts |
Question 17 |
A | integrated |
B | parabolic |
C | exponential |
D | algebraic |
E | linear |
Question 18 |
A | Continuous heat produced in subsurface due to atomic decay |
B | Accumulation of metal oxides in the upper mantle |
C | None of the answers listed here are correct |
D | Increase in pressure due to escaped primordial gasses from the core of the Earth |
E | Strain build up caused by continental drift |
Question 19 |
A | Electrical fires |
B | Wind damage |
C | Building collapse |
D | Flying debris |
E | Storm surge |
Question 20 |
A | A cloud formation that causes the formation of thunderstorms |
B | A murky region above a marine volcanic vent |
C | An envelop of comets surrounding the Solar System |
D | The ring of asteroids between Jupiter and Mars |
E | A type of cloud that often result in formation of tornado |
Question 21 |
A | Flooding |
B | Earthquakes |
C | Volcanic eruptions |
D | Tsunamis |
E | Mountain building |
Question 22 |
A | A limestone anticline failure |
B | 71 casualties |
C | Clay liquefaction |
D | Situated in the Crowsnest Pass |
E | Turtle Mountain landslide |
Question 23 |
A | 10 minutes |
B | 12 hours |
C | 1 day |
D | The coin would never reach the bottom due to high upward pressure. |
E | 2 hours |
Question 24 |
A | There were relatively low human populations lived near the volcano |
B | The volcano's eruption products were not very hazardous |
C | The 1991 eruption was a substantially lower in destruction power than predicted |
D | Pinatubo does not have an explosive eruption style |
E | Most people obeyed the early warnings and evacuation orders |
Question 25 |
A | It is a type of seismic wave responses observed just before a tsunami waves hit the surface of the ocean. |
B | It is a variation in Earth=s orbit leading to climate changes. |
C | It is the time between the tsunami wave cycles. |
D | It explains the phenomenon of linked series of events in a hurricane. |
E | It is a type of cyclone that rotate towards the north. |
Question 26 |
A | A sudden outburst of water from a glacier |
B | A Icelandic marine tornado |
C | A volcanic landslide |
D | A rapidly eroding coastline |
E | A lake vibration caused by an earthquake |
Question 27 |
A | Transform faulting across the Sino-Persian divide |
B | Indo-Asian continent-continent collision |
C | Volcanic outpourings of the Deccan Traps |
D | Eurasian subduction underneath the Phillipine plate |
E | Sino-Indian spreading center initiation |
Question 28 |
A | They form in tropical waters right on the equator |
B | They usually rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere |
C | They have a low-pressure center and surrounding powerful updrafts |
D | They are form in tropical waters right on the equator |
Question 29 |
A | If in a house, find the best window and stay next to it in case you have to break out of the house after it move past your area. |
B | If in a car, drive as fast as possible towards the tornado to punch through it. |
C | If in a house run outside, so the house does not fall on you. |
D | If in a car, stop, get out, and lie face down in a low area such as a ditch. |
E | If walking outside, seek high ground to avoid drowning in a flash flood. |
Question 30 |
A | A far-off thunder clap |
B | A large forest fire |
C | A small iceberg |
D | The sound of an approaching earthquake |
E | A micro-tornado |
Question 31 |
A | None of the above answers are correct. |
B | Rayleigh waves |
C | Tsunami |
D | S waves |
E | Love waves |
Question 32 |
A | Driving |
B | Tornado |
C | Lightning |
D | Blizzard |
E | Rock climbing |
Question 33 |
A | Body waves |
B | Love waves |
C | S waves |
D | Rayleigh waves |
E | P waves |
Question 34 |
A | Lubrication of the fault/separation surface from fluids such as a water. |
B | Formation of an air cushion between the moving rock mass and the stationary rock mass. |
C | Penetration of high pressure groundwater between two masses. |
D | Sturzstrom or acoustic fluidization due to seismic energy reducing friction between the two masses. |
E | Thick soil horizons between the surfaces. |
Question 35 |
A | Warm air overlying cold air |
B | Clean air overlying polluted air |
C | Low pressure air overlying high pressure air |
D | Polluted air overlying dry clear air |
E | Cold air overlying warm air |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by student contributors Lingxiao (Shawn) Sun and Audrey Cancel during Fall Fall 2015.
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