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