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True or False
Based on the information in the chapter, determine whether each of these statements is true or false.

This activity contains 14 questions.

Question 1
1 Most of the Earth's surface is actually below sea level.
   
 
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Question 2
2 This image from ARC Science Simulations shows three scenes of North America at increasing levels of detail. Second order relief features, such as the Rocky Mountains, Great Salt Lake, and the horst and graben topography of the Great Basin, are evident in the middle image.
   
 
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Question 3
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The creation of the Himalaya Mountains (H) is a prime example of extensional orogenesis.
   
 
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Question 4
4 Both the Zagros (Z) and Himalaya ranges are examples of oceanic plate-continental plate orogenesis.
   
 
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Question 5
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The person in the photograph might be in danger from pyroclastic flows (common in subduction zones like the one in which this photograph was most likely taken).
   
 
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Question 6
6 In time, the low viscosity lava fountain shown will produce a landform such as this one. (Source)
   
 
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Question 7
7 Over thousands of years, the same landform will look like this one.
   
 
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Question 8
8 Earthquakes associated with faulting are called tectonic earthquakes.
   
 
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Question 9
9 The Moment Magnitude scale measures earthquake intensities on a logarithmic scale.
   
 
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Question 10
10 The San Andreas fault is a strike-slip fault and occurs at the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates.
   
 
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Question 11
11 The epicenter of an earthquake is the point at which fault slippage actually occurs and is usually located deep within the lithosphere.
   
 
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Question 12
12 Despite the fact that many large population centers are located in tectonically and volcanically active areas (for example, Tokyo, Manila, Los Angeles, Naples...), such hazards pose little danger to humans.
   
 
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Question 13
13 Normal faults result from tensional forces pulling rocks apart, while reverse faults are caused by compressional forces associated with plate convergence.
   
 
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Question 14
14 The Red Sea was formed as the Arabian Peninsula rifted apart from Africa. As expected, this region has many examples of normal faults.
   
 
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