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