The Restless Earth - 8th Grade Ohio Standardized Test Review

What causes a tsumani?

On which type of plate would you find thinner, denser rock?

Where have great amounts of volcanic activity been found to be concentrated?

Why are meteorites important to the study of Earth's interior?

Earthquakes release waves of energy that travel through rock called?

The outermost physical layer of Earth that is solid and rigid is called?

What type of boundary will an island arc form at (hint-subduction occurs here).

This layer of the Earth is a solid, dense ball of metals that is under tremendous pressure. 

How can scientists obtain direct samples of Earth's mantle?

This is the location within the Earth along a fault, where an earthquake begins.

Which type of stress causes deformation & leads to earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries?

Which layer of Earth does a tectonic plate ride on top of?

What is the name of the theory that proposed that Pangaea broke into smaller land masses?

Which of the following best describes the difference between the crust and the mantle?

Long, underwater mountain belts that dvide the sea floor & make new sea floor from rising Magma

How do scientists study the location of the boundary between the crust and the mantle?

What type of stress happens at boundaries where plates move apart?

Why do folded mountain belts sometimes form at convergent plate boundaries?

How does distance from an earthquake epicenter affect the damage or end result?

What can cause a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?

What is a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another called?

This type of wave can travel only through solids.

Ocean trenches and island arcs occur at this type of boundary.

This type of stress happens when plates move past each other creating twisting or distortion.

This type of wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases and moves the fastest.

What was the force that caused a cloud of gas & dust to come together to form our solar system?

The process where one plate slides under another when two plates collide is called?

This layer of the Earth is made of liquid, very hot metals.

What happens at a tectonic plate boundary?

Which of the following explains why tectonic plates move?

This is the location directly above the focus of an earthquake.

How does the theory of plate tectonics best benefit our society today?