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