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Earthquakes Unit Test
Earthquakes Unit Test
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A Quiz to review the information learned in the EPT unit.
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1
What evidence is there that the Earth was once one large landmass?
Animal and plant fossils line up
All of the above
Mountain ranges and rock types line up
The shapes of the continents fit like a puzzle
2
What causes earthquakes?
Neither
volcanic activity
movement along fault lines (plate boundaries)
Both
3
How are the lithospheric plates moving along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
separating
sliding
colliding
transform
4
What are the ways in which the Earth’s plates move?
divergent
transform
all of the above
convergent
5
Where did Earthquake B happen?
In the middle of a plate
All of the above
Along a mid-ocean ridge
Along the Ring of Fire
6
Mount Everest (India) was created by which type of plate movement?
divergent
separating
sliding
colliding
7
What layer is made up of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle?
thermosphere
lithosphere
none of the above
asthenosphere
8
Which waves move side-to-side on the surface of the Earth?
P waves
seismic waves
S waves
surface waves
9
Which type of waves can NOT travel through liquid?
only s-waves
all seismic waves cannot travel through liquid
only p-waves
surface waves
10
How do mountains form?
Subduction
Convergent plate boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries
All of the above
11
Which type of wave is depicted in the diagram?
Surface Wave
S-Wave
P-Wave
Transverse Wave
12
Which waves are body waves that travel in a push-pull pattern inside the body of the Earth?
S Waves
P Waves
Seismic waves
Surface Waves
13
The force applied to a given area of rock:
ductile
stress
faults
convergent
14
Two plates will slide past one another at a ___ plate boundary.
divergent
subduction
transform
convergent
15
What is happening to the Earth‘s plates at the Japan Trench?
Plates dividing (divergent plate boundary)
Subduction
Plates sliding past one another (transform plate boundary)
Plates colliding (convergent plate boundary)
16
What is the name of this landmass?
Eurasia
Indo-Australian
patagonia
pangaea
17
A deep-sea ___ forms where a plate bends as it sinks at a subduction zone.
subduction
divergent
trench
faults
18
What time did the earthquake reach Juneau?
10:10
10:09
10:11
10:12
19
Which term describes objects that bend, stretch, or flow when a force is applied to them?
brittle
fragile
stress
ductile
20
Along the San Andreas Fault how are the Pacific Plate and the North American plate moving?
separating
convergent
sliding
colliding
21
At a ___ plate boundary plates move toward each other and collide.
divergent
convergent
transform
subduction
22
What is happening to the plates along this fault?
Subduction
Plates colliding (convergent plate boundary)
Plates dividing (divergent plate boundary)
Plates sliding past one another (transform plate boundary)
23
If Nemo was truly swimming in the Ring of Fire, which ocean would he be swimming in?
Atlantic
Indian
Southern
Pacific
24
When one plate slides underneath another plate and bends down beneath it, a ___ zone is created
convergent
subduction
trench
divergent
25
Which layer of the Earth’s Interior is labeled as D?
crust
outer core
inner core
mantle
26
What have scientists used to study the layers of Earth's interior?
seismic waves
sonar waves
ultrasound waves
tidal waves
27
What is happening to the Earth’s plates at the Himalayan Mountains?
Subduction
plates colliding (convergent plate boundary)
Plates dividing (divergent plate boundary)
Plates sliding past one another (transform plate boundary)
28
What is happening to the Earth’s plates at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Plates dividing (divergent plate boundary)
Plates colliding (convergent plate boundary)
Plates sliding past one another (transform plate boundary)
Subduction
29
Where did the circled earthquake happen?
In the middle of the plate
All of the above
In the Ring of Fire
Along a mid-ocean ridge
30
Which type of wave is seen on the left in the picture?
S waves
seismic waves
surface waves
P waves
31
Earthquakes are mainly caused by sudden releases of energy when movement occurs along:
trenches
faults
stress
subduction
32
Objects that break easily when stress is applied to them are considered to be
taffy-like
stress
ductile
brittle
33
Which part of earth's interior flows like taffy and is the mechanism behind the moving plates?
lithosphere
mantle
asthenosphere
crust
34
Which layer of the Earth’s interior is labeled as A?
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
35
Which part of the Earth's interior includes the crust and upper mantle?
mantle
outer core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
