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Science Studies Weekly - The Structure of the Earth
Science Studies Weekly - The Structure of the Earth
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A science quiz about the structure of the earth.
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1
Name the two islands that have been formed by volcanoes bringing new rock to the surface.
Japan and Australia
Puerto Rico and Japan
Hawaii and Japan
The Bahamas and Puerto Rico
2
What kind of waves can only travel through solid things such as hard rock?
P Waves
Seismic Waves
Compression Waves
S Waves
3
An undersea mountain split by a deep trench.
Fault
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Mid-Ocean Ridge
4
The study of earthquakes.
Lithosphere
Seismology
Seismograph
Plate Tectonics
5
A huge ocean wave that moves toward shoreline at incredible speeds?
A seismic Wave
A Tsunami
A Water Tornado
A Hurricane
6
What is the Theory of Earth's plates and how they move?
Faults
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Seismology
Plate Tectonics
7
Large crack right along the borders of Earth's plates, generally where earthquakes happen.
Fault
Continental Crust
Epicenter
Plate Tectonics
8
What is a tsunami caused by?
An undersea earthquake
A volcano
Fast winds
Molten Rock
9
What are the two things that scientists believe the upper mantle is made up of?
Iron and Nickel
Nickel and Cobalt
Magma and Oxygen
Magnesium and Iron
10
What are the type of waves that travel through solids and liquids?
G Waves
Compression Waves
S Waves
Shear Waves
11
What is the instrument that scientists use today to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
A Strata
A Seismograph
Molten Rock
A Dragon Jar
12
List the layers of the Earth in order from the outer most layer to the inner most layer.
Crust, Mantle, Core
Crust, Upper Mantle, Lower Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
Inner Core, Outer Core, Lower Mantle, Upper Mantle, Crust
Crust, Upper Mantle, Lower Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
13
Who formed the theory that Earth's continents float on our planet surface like giant plates?
Edwin Hubble
Miss Macey
Fransisco Lindor
Alfred Wegner
14
The exact place where the movement of an earthquake begins.
Fault
Epicenter
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Convergent Boundary
15
Where is new rock formed?
None of these
From the sand on a beach crystalizing.
When larger rocks break apart.
Deep in ocean at a mid-ocean ridge with bubbling molten rock
16
What is the earliest technology used to record information about earthquakes?
A Seismograph
A Strata
A Dragon Jar
Molten Rock
17
An opening in the ground that leads all the way down to the molten rock far beneath the surface
A Trench
An Island
A Mid-Ocean Ridge
A Volcano
18
These waves are caused by an earthquake of vibration of the Earth.
Shear Waves
Seismic Waves
Compression Waves
G Waves
19
When two plates are moving away from each other. Where seafloor spreading occurs.
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Fault
Mid-Oceab Ridge
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Where one plate bumps into another resulting in mountains, hills, and valleys.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Fault
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
