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