Earth Science Review

Question 1

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Question 2

Look below, which seismic wave will do the least amount of damage?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 3

Identify the type of boundary movement

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 4

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

convergent

Question 5

The oceanic crust is ____ when compared to the continental crust.

Accepted Answer

thinner and dense

Question 6

Convection currents in the _______ cause the tectonic plates to move.

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Question 7

The bending of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate is called

Accepted Answer

Subduction

Question 8

Sea floor spreading, identify the type of boundary movement

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 9

What is the difference between the inner core and outer core?

Accepted Answer

the inner core is solid, the outer core is liquid

Question 10

Sedimentary rocks are rocks created by

Accepted Answer

the compaction and cementation of sediments

Question 11

When there's a sudden release in energy in the Earth's Crust, it creates _______.

Accepted Answer

Seismic Waves

Question 12

It is the point where an earthquake originates.

Accepted Answer

Focus

Question 13

Igneous rocks are the rocks created by

Accepted Answer

Magma that cools

Question 14

Metamorphic rock becomes magma by:

Accepted Answer

melting

Question 15

Earthquakes generally occur

Accepted Answer

along tectonic plate boundaries

Question 16

P waves do this when encountering a liquid

Accepted Answer

Slow down and bend

Question 17

Look below, which seismic wave is a s wave?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 18

Sedimentary rock becomes metamorphic through

Accepted Answer

heat & pressure

Question 19

List the layers of earth from outside in:

Accepted Answer

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 20

Which type of plate boundary created the Mt. St. Helen and Mt. Rainier in the Cascades?

Accepted Answer

subduction

Question 21

Examples of weathering and erosion are

Accepted Answer

all of the choices

Question 22

It is the point on the earth's surface that is above the focus.

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Question 23

The lithosphere is broken up into the _________

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 24

In convection currents, hotter molten rock near the core will:

Accepted Answer

expand & rise

Question 25

S waves can only travel through

Accepted Answer

Solids

Question 26

How do igneous rocks become sediment?

Accepted Answer

weathering & erosion

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