- 1. What is the driving force behind crustal movement?
A) Convection currents in the mantle.
B) Gravitational pull from Earths surface
C) Water pressure.
- 2. what provides the energy for convection currents?
A) Force of the Ocean Waves.
B) Radioactive Decay.
C) Rotation of Earth.
- 3. What are the different types of earthquake waves
A) P-waves
B) S-waves
C) Both P-waves and S-waves
- 4. Where can most earthquake epicenters and volcanoes be found?
A) At the Equator.
B) At the North Pole.
C) At Plate Boundaries
- 5. ___________ are geologists who study earthquakes.
A) Ichthyologist
B) Seismologist
C) Vulcanologist
- 6. How do scientist know that Earths' inner core solid?
A) A Probe Submarine that travels to center of Earth.
B) By refraction of P-waves.
C) An instrument used to drill to the center of Earth.
- 7. Which of the following should people not do to protect themselves during an earthquake?
A) Stay away from Windows.
B) Dy and against an interior wall
C) Stand under the largest-sturdiest Tree you can find.
D) Get under a sturdy desk or table
- 8. The point in the crust where an earthquake occurs is called _____________.
A) Focus
B) Epicenter
C) Trench
- 9. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the _________________.
A) Focus
B) Trench
C) Epicenter
- 10. ___- waves can travel through anything.
A) P
B) S
C) X
- 11. __- waves can travel through solids only.
A) S
B) P
C) X
- 12. What is the Richter Scale?
A) An instrument that measure the speed of the waves of an earthquake
B) An instrument used to measure the distance an earthquake travels.
C) A scale that measures the strength of an earthquake.
- 13. What are the 2 types of Crustal plates?
A) Oceanic and Continental
B) Wet and Dry
C) Granite and Pumice
- 14. The core is solid and made mostly of Iron.
A) False
B) True
- 15. Using an egg as a model of Earth, the yolk represented what layer of Earth?
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Core
- 16. Earths' crust is broken into approximately _____ pieces
A) 1900
B) 100
C) 19
- 17. The plates move/float on top of the ________________
A) Outer Core
B) Asthenosphere
C) Mantle
- 18. What is the name of the plate we live on?
A) Eurasian
B) North American
C) African
- 19. Through countless investigations scientist and geologist have discovered that North America and Africa are moving further apart due to __________ __________, which is a widening of the ocean basin caused by continental drift and molten rock moving up to the surface and cooling
A) Sea-floor Spreading
B) Rift-Zone
C) Aftershocks
- 20. A geologist, ___________ ____________ noticed similar rocks and fossil remains were found on continents which seemed to fit together like a giant puzzle.
A) Alfred Wegener
B) Max Plank
C) Isaac Newton
- 21. The ___________is a band of volcanic and earthquake activity around the edge of the Pacific Plate.l
A) Laurasia
B) Gondwanaland
C) Ring of Fire
- 22. ___________ is a large landmass that included all of Earths' present day continents.
A) Laurasia
B) Pangaea
C) Gondwanaland
- 23. All of the following provide evidence that support Wegener's theory of Continental Drift with the exception of ______________
A) Glacial Scars.
B) Volcano Locations.
C) Shape of Continents.
D) Fossil Evidence.
- 24. The crust makes up 1% of Earth.
A) True
B) False
- 25. __________ waves are the fastest waves and travel through anything.
A) S-waves
B) P-waves
C) X-waves
- 26. _______ waves are stronger and cause the most damage.
A) P-waves
B) S-waves
C) X-waves
- 27. A ___________ fault is caused by forces that pull rocks apart.
A) Reverse
B) Strike-Slip
C) Normal
- 28. A _________ fault has horizontal movement along it fault.t
A) Normal
B) Reverse
C) Strike-Slip
- 29. A ________ fault is caused by forces that push rocks together.
A) Normal
B) Strike-Slip
C) Reverse
- 30. If a p-wave arrives five minutes before the S-wave arrives how many km from the epicenter is a location?
A) 3.6km
B) 3600km
C) 36km
- 31. The ___________ is the layer of Earth that lies just underneath the Crust.
A) Asthenosphere
B) Mantle
C) Crust
D) Core
- 32. __________ is the layer of Earth below the asthenosphere. It is a thick layer of solid rock. Many scientists believe that the mantle transfers heat from the core to the surface
A) Asthenoshpere
B) Mantle
C) Crust
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