Geophysics 375 – Natural Disasters and Critical Earth Phenomena

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Question 1

What is K-T boundary? (ID-NDF-25)

A	Kellogg-Trottier sea ice transition temperature
B	Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary with the dinosaur extinction
C	Minimum Kelvin temperature required for magma formation
D	Kelvin temperature of cloud ice/hail formation
E	Carbonaceous-Triassic change of trilobite termination

Question 1 Explanation:

Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary is formally known as Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) boundary. But the "K-T" is still widely used in the geological community.

Question 2

Which of the following is true about lightning? (ID-NDF-29)

A	It is caused by transmission of positive ions from the cloud
B	It is a discharge of voltage generated in a cloud
C	It travels at the speed of sound
D	It never strikes the same place twice
E	It is an acoustic shock wave

Question 3

The rapid increase in human population during the past several centuries is an example of ______ growth. (ID-NDF-33)

A	algebraic
B	integrated
C	linear
D	parabolic
E	exponential

Question 4

What is a growler? (ID-NDF-31)

A	A large forest fire
B	A micro-tornado
C	A far-off thunder clap
D	A small iceberg
E	The sound of an approaching earthquake

Question 5

In New Orleans, the deaths and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina (2005) were mostly the result of which of the following? (ID-NDF-34)

A	None of the answers are correct
B	Hail
C	Flooding
D	Lightning
E	Tornados

Question 6

Volcanoes are formed as a result of which of the following? (ID-NDF-23)

A	Accumulation of metal oxides in the upper mantle
B	None of the answers listed here are correct
C	Strain build up caused by continental drift
D	Increase in pressure due to escaped primordial gasses from the core of the Earth
E	Continuous heat produced in subsurface due to atomic decay

Question 7

Which of the following is the most likely cause for the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? (ID-NDF-17)

A	Dramatic climate change
B	Sea level fall
C	Supernova close to the Earth
D	Extensive volcanism in South America
E	An asteroid or cometary impact

Question 8

What is a hypocenter? (ID-NDF-03)

A	The location of an earthquake on the Earth's surface
B	The convergence point of earthquake-generated tsunamis
C	A high-temperature region within glaciers
D	The convergence point two or more earthquakes
E	The initiation point of an earthquake usually below the surface

Question 9

What is a crown fire? (ID-NDF-30)

A	A forest fire that lowers the oxygen content significantly in a short period of time
B	A forest fire that is caused by friction between tree branches igniting tree leaves
C	A small forest fire that get exhausted in a short period of time
D	A forest fire that spreads from treetop to treetop
E	A forest fire caused by a lightning strike

Question 10

Most fatalities during a hurricane occur as the result of which of the following? (ID-NDF-28)

A	Storm surge
B	Wind damage
C	Flying debris
D	Building collapse
E	Electrical fires

Question 11

What is a jokulhlaup? (ID-NDF-04)

A	A rapidly eroding coastline
B	A volcanic landslide
C	A Icelandic marine tornado
D	A sudden outburst of water from a glacier
E	A lake vibration caused by an earthquake

Question 12

Which of the following does NOT describe the Frank Slide? (ID-NDF-07)

A	Situated in the Crowsnest Pass
B	71 casualties
C	Clay liquefaction
D	Turtle Mountain landslide
E	A limestone anticline failure

Question 13

Which of the following allows landslides of rock, such as the Frank slide, to run out to great distances? (ID-NDF-11)

A	Formation of an air cushion between the moving rock mass and the stationary rock mass.
B	Penetration of high pressure groundwater between two masses.
C	Lubrication of the fault/separation surface from fluids such as a water.
D	Sturzstrom or acoustic fluidization due to seismic energy reducing friction between the two masses.
E	Thick soil horizons between the surfaces.

Question 14

Which of the following is true about hurricanes? (ID-NDF-19)

A	They form in tropical waters right on the equator
B	They have a low-pressure center and surrounding powerful updrafts
C	They usually rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere
D	They are form in tropical waters right on the equator

Question 15

Which of the following describe an atmospheric inversion? (ID-NDF-13)

A	Low pressure air overlying high pressure air
B	Warm air overlying cold air
C	Clean air overlying polluted air
D	Cold air overlying warm air
E	Polluted air overlying dry clear air

Question 16

What is the a the current (2015) approximate doubling time for Earth's human population? (ID-NDF-22)

A	150 years
B	1 year
C	100 years
D	45 years
E	15 years

Question 17

Which of the following describes a Gamblers' ruin? (ID-NDF-12)

A	The result of underestimating the frequency of a hundred-year flood on a river.
B	The over estimation of stability of a slope resulting catastrophic failure.
C	The chance of dying in a tornado in Kansas.
D	An ill-timed death due to participation in a hurricane party.
E	A statistical fluctuation in population that can lead to species= extinction.

Question 18

Why didn't the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Phillipines resulted in large human casualties? (ID-NDF-24)

A	Pinatubo does not have an explosive eruption style
B	The 1991 eruption was a substantially lower in destruction power than predicted
C	The volcano's eruption products were not very hazardous
D	There were relatively low human populations lived near the volcano
E	Most people obeyed the early warnings and evacuation orders

Question 19

Which has the highest annual risk of fatality for an Albertan? (ID-NDF-01)

A	Driving
B	Rock climbing
C	Lightning
D	Blizzard
E	Tornado

Question 20

The Himalaya mountains are the result of which tectonic phenomenon? (ID-NDF-02)

A	Volcanic outpourings of the Deccan Traps
B	Sino-Indian spreading center initiation
C	Eurasian subduction underneath the Phillipine plate
D	Transform faulting across the Sino-Persian divide
E	Indo-Asian continent-continent collision

Question 21

What will a seismic gap likely do? (ID-NDF-26)

A	Generate several weak seismic events over a long period of time
B	Continue to be a source of ongoing earthquakes
C	Eventually rupture causing an earthquake
D	Generate a volcanic eruption
E	Provide a place of permanent stress quiescence

Question 22

Which of the following is not a surface wave associated with earthquakes? (ID-NDF-14)

A	S waves
B	None of the above answers are correct.
C	Rayleigh waves
D	Love waves
E	Tsunami

Question 22 Explanation:

S wave is a body wave.

Question 23

What are are the three main requirements for fires? (ID-NDF-06)

A	preheating, oxygen, fuel
B	fuel, oxygen, ignition
C	oxidation, pyrolysis, convection
D	reverse photosynthesis, fuel, carbon dioxide
E	fuel, ignition, carbon dioxide

Question 24

The Mount Pinatubo volcano is located in what geographic location? (ID-NDF-32)

A	Japan
B	Hawaii
C	Norway
D	Philippines

Question 25

This type of wave associated with earthquakes moves along the surface by oscillating side to side as opposed to up and down and only produce horizontal motion. (ID-NDF-16)

A	S waves
B	Love waves
C	Body waves
D	Rayleigh waves
E	P waves

Question 26

Which of the following action would most likely help you survive a tornado? (ID-NDF-21)

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 walking outside, seek high ground to avoid drowning in a flash flood.
C	If in a car, stop, get out, and lie face down in a low area such as a ditch.
D	If in a house run outside, so the house does not fall on you.
E	If in a car, drive as fast as possible towards the tornado to punch through it.

Question 27

Which of the following typically causes the greatest annual energy input to the Earth's surface? (ID-NDF-15)

A	Violent weathers phenomenons such as hurricanes
B	Volcanic eruptions
C	Earthquakes
D	Meteorite impacts
E	Release of internal heat
F	Sunlight

Question 28

Which of the following natural hazards is not the direct result of the process of plate tectonics? (ID-NDF-35)

A	Mountain building
B	Tsunamis
C	Flooding
D	Earthquakes
E	Volcanic eruptions

Question 29

What is Milankovitch cycle? (ID-NDF-08)

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 explains the phenomenon of linked series of events in a hurricane.
D	It is the time between the tsunami wave cycles.
E	It is a type of cyclone that rotate towards the north.

Question 30

What is the kinetic energy of a two tonne asteroidal fragment entering the atmosphere at 15 km/s? (ID-NDF-10)

A	1.50 x 10 ⁷ Joules
B	2.25 x 10 ¹¹ Joules
C	1.25 x 10 ⁹ Joules
D	2.25 x 10 ¹³ Joules
E	1.50 x 10 ¹³ Joules

Question 30 Explanation:

kinetic energy = 0.5 x m x v²

Question 31

About how long would it take for a coin, dropped overboard from a ship passing over the deepest part of the Pacific, to reach the ocean bottom? (ID-NDF-09)

A	2 hours
B	10 minutes
C	12 hours
D	1 day
E	The coin would never reach the bottom due to high upward pressure.

Question 32

What is the Oort Cloud? (ID-NDF-27)

A	The ring of asteroids between Jupiter and Mars
B	A type of cloud that often result in formation of tornado
C	A murky region above a marine volcanic vent
D	An envelop of comets surrounding the Solar System
E	A cloud formation that causes the formation of thunderstorms

Question 33

Which of the following is true about glaciers? (ID-NDF-05)

A	Glaciers cannot carry much more than pebbles as they advance
B	Glaciers can gouge steep V-shaped valleys Hint: Glaciers are associated with U-shaped valleys
C	Glaciers have been covering a significant global area for 2 million years
D	Glaciers have advanced and receded consistent with Milankovitch cycles.
E	Melting of all current glaciers would raise sea level by only 1m.

Question 34

What country has suffered the greatest number of fatalities from cyclonic storms in recent years? (ID-NDF-20)

A	Japan
B	Cuba
C	United States
D	Nepal
E	Bangladesh

Question 35

If you were to live in Japan. Which of the following is most likely to impact you the most? (ID-NDF-18)

A	A heart attack while driving to work.
B	An earthquake while driving to work.
C	A vehicle collision while driving to work.
D	A tsunami while driving to work.
E	A hurricane while driving to a brothel.

Question 35 Explanation:

Earthquakes are more common in Japan than other listed items above.

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