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