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Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Contribució de: Messer
  • 1. An Earthquake is
A) A release of gases in the earth
B) A release of solids in the earth
C) A release of air in the earth
D) A release of energy in the earth
  • 2. Two plates that are moving away from one another
A) A reverse fault
B) A divergent fault
C) A convergent fault
D) A transform fault
  • 3. Two plates that are moving toward one another
A) A convergent fault
B) A divergent fault
C) A normal fault
D) A transform fault
  • 4. Two plates that are moving horizontal to one another
A) A thrust fault
B) A transform
C) A convergent
D) A divergent
  • 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) 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 pulling in the plates
B) Creates tension in the plates
C) Creates compression in the plates
D) Creates squeezing in the plates
  • 8. A fault is
A) A fracture in the earth's crust
B) A fixing of the earth's crust
C) A fracture in the earth's core
D) when someone else is wrong
  • 9. The Asthenosphere is
A) The Lower Mantle
B) The Core
C) The Middle Mantle
D) The Upper Mantleq
  • 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) Divergent Boundaries
B) Reverse Faults
C) Transform Boundaries
D) Convergent Boundaries
  • 12. Subduction Zones are
A) Transform Boundaries
B) Divergent Boundaries
C) Normal Faults
D) Convergent Boundaries
  • 13. Strike-Slip Faults are
A) Convergent Boundaries
B) Thrust Faults
C) Transform Boundaries
D) Divergent Boundaries
  • 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) Directly above the Focus
B) Directly below the focus
C) Directly to the west of the focus
D) At Disneyworld
  • 16. P-Waves are
A) Travel only through solids
B) Primary Waves
C) Secondary Waves
D) Surface Waves
  • 17. S-Waves
A) Are Surface Waves
B) Are Primary Waves
C) Travel through all three states of matter
D) Travel only through Solids
  • 18. Waves move faster through
A) Loose Materials
B) Less Dense Material
C) Outer Space
D) Denser Material
  • 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) Ocean Waves
C) Sound Waves
D) Radio Waves
  • 21. The Epicenter has
A) No damage during an earthquake
B) The waves you can't feel
C) The most violent waves
D) The weakest waves
  • 22. Who was the scientist that found out the earth's surface is always shifting
A) Alfred E Nueman
B) Issac Newton
C) Albert Einstein
D) Alfred Wegener
  • 23. The Crust is
A) The Thinnest Layer
B) The Most Inner Layer
C) The Thickest Layer
D) On the Edges of Bread
  • 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) On the Earth's Surface
B) Molten rock
C) Very cold
D) Lava
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