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Earthquakes (6th Grade Earth Science)
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What do we call a divergent boundary that is located on land?
a glacier
a strike slip fault
a subduction zone
a rift valley
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What does the force of compression do?
Pushes things apart.
Moves things downwards.
Causes everything to shift upwards.
Pushes things together.
3
How can scientists locate boundaries between the layers of the earth?
By using giant microphones.
We just guess.
By drilling down into the earth and finding the layers.
Looking at changes in speeds of seismic waves in the Earth.
4
What do the tectonic plates float upon?
The crust
The lithosphere
The athenosphere
The core
5
What is a famous strike slip fault?
The Great Transform Boundary
The San Andreas Fault
I have no idea!
The Rocky Mountain Fault
6
What energy drives tectonic plate movement?
the Einstein effect
convection cells
cold fusion
radioactivity
7
What is the name of the boundary between the crust and the lithosphere?
The upper boundary
The Mohorovicic Discontinuity
The Moho
The lower boundary
8
In a reverse fault, which way does the hanging wall move?
I don't know what a hanging wall is.
The hanging wall does not move.
The hanging wall moves upwards.
The hanging wall moves downwards.
9
What are the tallest mountains in the world?
The Andes
The Appalachians
The Himalayas
The Alps
10
What is an elastic limit?
The limit of how far a material can expand.
A way of measuring the power of an earthquake.
The limit to how far a material can bend.
How far an earthquake can travel.
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Which force causes a strike-slip fault?
Shear
Compression
Gravity
Tension
12
What tectonic plate are we on right now?
The North American Plate
The Alabama Plate
The Nazca Plate
The Pacific Plate
13
What kind of seismic waves are also known as compressional waves?
Surface Waves
P waves
light waves
S waves
14
Who first proposed the hypothesis of continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegner
Robert Oppenheimer
Harry Hess
15
How were the mid ocean ridges discovered?
by using lasers
by using a magnetometer
by using sonar
by using sound waves
16
How many seismograph stations do you need to find the epicenter of an earthquake?
2
3
4
1
17
Which force causes a reverse fault?
Shear force
The Heisenberg Principle
Compression
Tension
18
What is the point on the surface of the Earth directly above an earthquakes focus?
the epicenter
the core
the subduction zone
the focus
19
Why don't we have a lot of earthquakes in Alabama?
Because we are far away from plate boundaries.
Because we are lucky.
Because we have a lot of limestone here.
Because we are too close to plate tectonics.
20
In a normal fault, which way does the hanging wall move?
The hanging wall moves downwards.
The hanging wall never moves.
The hanging wall moves upwards.
Help, I'm lost!
21
What kind of seismic waves cannot travel through a liquid?
Oceanic waves
P waves
Q waves
S waves
22
What was the name of the last super continent?
Patagonia
Lorentia
Persius
Pangaea
23
What is a fault?
The surface where rock breaks.
The area around an epicenter.
A surface where fossils are found.
A personal problem.
24
What does the force of tension do?
Pulls things apart.
Causes things to move upwards.
Pushes things together.
Causes things to slide past each other.
25
How hot is the earth's core?
very cold
as hot as the surface of the sun
hotter than boiling water
the same as the surface of the earth
26
What kind of boundary is a subduction zone?
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
rift valley
27
What is the name of the device we measure seismic waves with?
An earthquake detector
A chronometer
A seismograph
A magnetometer
28
What kind of waves travel like a spring?
Q waves
S waves
Surface waves
P waves
29
What two layers make up a tectonic plate?
The crust and the athenosphere
The core and the mantle
the crust and the lithosphere
the lithosphere and the athenosphere
30
What is the point where an earthquake begins?
the focal point
the epicenter
the opticenter
the focus
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How do we know the outer core is a liquid?
S waves cannot travel through the outer core.
P waves cannot travel through the outer core.
Don't ask me!
P waves cannot travel through the Moho.
