EAPS 105: ASYNCHRONOUS QUIZ 10
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Quiz 10: Unit 5. Part 3. Question 1. Watch the Unit 5 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: Why are Mercury, Venus, and Mars covered by giant flood basalt
while the Earth is not?
A) Because they are hotter inside than the Earth
B) Because they have more shield volcanoes
C) Because they do not have magnetic fields
D) Because they do not have plate tectonics to shed interior heat - Correct Answers -D)
Because they do not have plate tectonics to shed interior heat
Quiz 10: Unit 5. Part 3. Question 2. Watch the Unit 5 Part 3 lecture video and answer
the following question: How do we know that Venus was completely resurfaced by
volcanism ~500 million years ago?
A) The uniform distribution of impact craters
B) We have dated the flows using robotic landers
C) All the flows have the same chemistry
D) All the volcanoes are evenly distributed - Correct Answers -A) The uniform
distribution of impact craters
Quiz 10: Unit 5. Part 4. Question 7. Watch the Unit 5 Part 4 lecture video and answer
the following question: In which part of the eruption column does ash rise because of
buoyancy?
A) The gas thrust region
B) The convective ascent region
C) The neutral density level
D) The momentum-driven ascent region - Correct Answers -D) The momentum-driven
ascent region
Quiz 10: Unit 5. Part 5. Question 8. Watch the Unit 5 Part 5 lecture video and answer
the following question: What is cryovolcanism?
A) A volcano that erupts under water.
B) The eruption of water or ices out of a volcano instead of molten rock.
