Unit 29 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 2:

The Mohorovicic discontinuity is a contact plane between the crust and the:
a) core
b) lower mantle
c) upper mantle
d) asthenosphere
e) lithosphere

Question 3:

The crust and the upper mantle together form the:
a) asthenosphere
b) cryosphere
c) troposphere
d) outer core
e) lithosphere

Question 4:

Which of the following is not an orogenic belt?
a) the Alps
b) the Andes
c) the Himalayas
d) the African Shield
e) the Great Dividing Range

Question 5:

Which of the following is a gradational process?
a) weathering
b) a volcano
c) deposition
d) mountain-building
e) sublimation

Question 6:

The asthenosphere is a solid and rigid zone.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Lithospheric plates are the same thing as tectonic plates.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

P waves (compressional waves) move objects at right angles to their direction of movement.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

S waves (shear or shake waves) move objects at right angles to their direction of movement.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Erosion refers to longer-distance removal of weathered materials than that associated with weathering.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

The Mohorovicic discontinuity marks the base of the earth's crust.
a) True
b) False

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