A very small percentage of all earthquakes occur ____.
A)along the Mediterranean-Asiatic Belt
B)along the Circum-Mediterranean Belt
C)within the interiors of plates and spreading-ridge systems
D)along the west coast of South America
E)along the east coast of East Asia in the Pacific Ocean
Question 2During the Neanderthal era, climate was characterized by ____.
A)balmy pleasant weather year-round
B)stifling hot summers and mild winters
C)long, frigid winters and short summers
D)temperatures extremes, frigid winters, and hot summers
E)the same types of temperatures in the same places seen today
Question 3Intraplate earthquakes ____.
A)occur because continental crust is moving over plutons
B)occur when there is stress caused by compression
C)are well understood
D)account for 20 of earthquakes
E)are usually stronger than earthquakes in plate boundary areas
Question 4Which group did the extinction at the end of the Pleistocene most affect?
A)only marine organisms
B)terrestrial mammals weighing more than 40 Kg
C)terrestrial mammals weighing less than 40 Kg
D)marine mammals weighing more than 40 Kg
E)all mammal groups equally
Question 5Most earthquakes occur along the circum-Pacific belt primarily because ____.
A)of the convergence along plate margins
B)of the divergence along plate margins
C)Earth's crust is more rigid in these areas
D)P- and S-waves are stronger in those areas due to the greater density of Earth's crust
E)S-waves travel easily through water
Question 6Primates lack the _____ found in other mammalian orders.
A)reproductive patterns
B)cement-covered teeth
C)bone structure
D)strong specializations
E)similarities
Question 7The foci of most earthquakes are ____.
A)shallow and intermediate
B)shallow and deep
C)intermediate and deep
D)evenly distributed among shallow, intermediate, and deep
E)not able to be determined with present technology
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