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Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Contribució de: Messer
  • 1. An Earthquake is
A) A release of solids in the earth
B) A release of gases in the earth
C) A release of energy in the earth
D) A release of air in the earth
  • 2. Two plates that are moving away from one another
A) A divergent fault
B) A convergent fault
C) A reverse fault
D) A transform fault
  • 3. Two plates that are moving toward one another
A) A convergent fault
B) A normal fault
C) A transform fault
D) A divergent fault
  • 4. Two plates that are moving horizontal to one another
A) A thrust fault
B) A convergent
C) A transform
D) A divergent
  • 5. Divergent faults
A) Creates pulling in the plates
B) Creates compression in the plates
C) Creates tension of the plates
D) Creates squeezing of the plates
  • 6. Convergent faults
A) Creates tension in the plates
B) Creates pulling in the plates
C) Found on landmasses
D) Creates compression in the plates
  • 7. Transform faults
A) Creates pulling in the plates
B) Creates compression in the plates
C) Creates tension in the plates
D) Creates squeezing in the plates
  • 8. A fault is
A) when someone else is wrong
B) A fracture in the earth's crust
C) A fixing of the earth's crust
D) A fracture in the earth's core
  • 9. The Asthenosphere is
A) The Lower Mantle
B) The Middle Mantle
C) The Core
D) The Upper Mantleq
  • 10. The Lithosphere is
A) The Crust and Upper Mantle
B) The Upper Mantle and Middle Mantle
C) The Crust and the Core
D) The Mantle and the Core
  • 11. Spreading Zones are
A) Convergent Boundaries
B) Reverse Faults
C) Transform Boundaries
D) Divergent Boundaries
  • 12. Subduction Zones are
A) Transform Boundaries
B) Normal Faults
C) Convergent Boundaries
D) Divergent Boundaries
  • 13. Strike-Slip Faults are
A) Divergent Boundaries
B) Convergent Boundaries
C) Thrust Faults
D) Transform Boundaries
  • 14. Faults occur in the Crusts
A) Only once in the same location
B) Strongest Point
C) Doesn't Matter where
D) Weakest point
  • 15. The Epicenter is located
A) Directly below the focus
B) Directly to the west of the focus
C) Directly above the Focus
D) At Disneyworld
  • 16. P-Waves are
A) Travel only through solids
B) Primary Waves
C) Secondary Waves
D) Surface Waves
  • 17. S-Waves
A) Travel only through Solids
B) Travel through all three states of matter
C) Are Surface Waves
D) Are Primary Waves
  • 18. Waves move faster through
A) Loose Materials
B) Less Dense Material
C) Outer Space
D) Denser Material
  • 19. What makes the plates move
A) The Convection Currents
B) Electrical Currents
C) Current Events
D) The Ocean Currents
  • 20. Earthquake Waves are Called
A) Seismic Waves
B) Sound Waves
C) Radio Waves
D) Ocean Waves
  • 21. The Epicenter has
A) The most violent waves
B) No damage during an earthquake
C) The waves you can't feel
D) The weakest waves
  • 22. Who was the scientist that found out the earth's surface is always shifting
A) Issac Newton
B) Alfred E Nueman
C) Alfred Wegener
D) Albert Einstein
  • 23. The Crust is
A) The Thinnest Layer
B) The Most Inner Layer
C) On the Edges of Bread
D) The Thickest Layer
  • 24. The portion of the Earth you can see
A) The Crust
B) The Mantle
C) The Asthenosphere
D) The Core
  • 25. Magma is
A) Very cold
B) On the Earth's Surface
C) Molten rock
D) Lava
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