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Elements of Geology 2104
Test III
November 19, 2003
1. There are three types of plate boundaries. They are called: 1) divergent, mid-ocean ridges, transfonn. 2)
ridges, subduction zones, faults. 3) collisional, convergent, transfonn. 4) mid-ocean ridges, divergent,
convergent. ® none of the above.
2. Which one of the following geological settings provides the most danger to people in tenns of earthquake
activity: 1) near volcanoes, 2) in deep valleys next to high mountains, 3) on Iceland, @ along transfonn
faults that cut through continental crust.
3. Iceland 1) is a place where the mid-Atlantic ridge rises above sea level, 2) is on a divergent plate boundary,
3) is on one of the many mid-ocean ridges that encircle the globe, 4) is an area of very young rocks, and in
fact is new crust. @all of the above, 6) 2 and 3 only, 7) 1 and 2 only, 8) 1,2, and 3 only, 9) 2, 3, and 4
only, 10) 3 and 4 only . .
4. The Himalayas of Nepal and China are due to 1) an ocean - ocean convergent zone, 2)...
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