Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
  • 1. An Earthquake is
A) A release of energy in the earth
B) A release of solids in the earth
C) A release of gases in the earth
D) A release of air in the earth
  • 2. Two plates that are moving away from one another
A) A divergent fault
B) A transform fault
C) A reverse fault
D) A convergent fault
  • 3. Two plates that are moving toward one another
A) A normal fault
B) A divergent fault
C) A transform fault
D) A convergent fault
  • 4. Two plates that are moving horizontal to one another
A) A convergent
B) A divergent
C) A thrust fault
D) A transform
  • 5. Divergent faults
A) Creates squeezing of the plates
B) Creates tension of the plates
C) Creates compression in the plates
D) Creates pulling in the plates
  • 6. Convergent faults
A) Found on landmasses
B) Creates tension in the plates
C) Creates pulling in the plates
D) Creates compression in the plates
  • 7. Transform faults
A) Creates pulling in the plates
B) Creates squeezing in the plates
C) Creates compression in the plates
D) Creates tension in the plates
  • 8. A fault is
A) A fixing of the earth's crust
B) A fracture in the earth's core
C) when someone else is wrong
D) A fracture in the earth's crust
  • 9. The Asthenosphere is
A) The Middle Mantle
B) The Core
C) The Upper Mantleq
D) The Lower Mantle
  • 10. The Lithosphere is
A) The Mantle and the Core
B) The Crust and Upper Mantle
C) The Upper Mantle and Middle Mantle
D) The Crust and the Core
  • 11. Spreading Zones are
A) Reverse Faults
B) Divergent Boundaries
C) Transform Boundaries
D) Convergent Boundaries
  • 12. Subduction Zones are
A) Convergent Boundaries
B) Normal Faults
C) Transform Boundaries
D) Divergent Boundaries
  • 13. Strike-Slip Faults are
A) Convergent Boundaries
B) Thrust Faults
C) Divergent Boundaries
D) Transform Boundaries
  • 14. Faults occur in the Crusts
A) Doesn't Matter where
B) Only once in the same location
C) Weakest point
D) Strongest Point
  • 15. The Epicenter is located
A) Directly above the Focus
B) Directly to the west of the focus
C) Directly below the focus
D) At Disneyworld
  • 16. P-Waves are
A) Primary Waves
B) Secondary Waves
C) Surface Waves
D) Travel only through solids
  • 17. S-Waves
A) Travel through all three states of matter
B) Travel only through Solids
C) Are Primary Waves
D) Are Surface Waves
  • 18. Waves move faster through
A) Outer Space
B) Less Dense Material
C) Denser Material
D) Loose Materials
  • 19. What makes the plates move
A) The Convection Currents
B) Electrical Currents
C) The Ocean Currents
D) Current Events
  • 20. Earthquake Waves are Called
A) Ocean Waves
B) Sound Waves
C) Radio Waves
D) Seismic Waves
  • 21. The Epicenter has
A) The weakest waves
B) The most violent 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 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 Asthenosphere
B) The Mantle
C) The Crust
D) The Core
  • 25. Magma is
A) Molten rock
B) Lava
C) On the Earth's Surface
D) Very cold
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