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