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