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A #grade 7 science #planet earth #topic 4 to 7 review
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1
What scale measures the impacts of earthquakes?
Richter
Richard
Richer
Mohs scale
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Which of the following is NOT a seismic wave?
Primary wave
Curve wave
Surface wave
S wave
3
The two processes which create mountains are...
thrust faulting and fault block mountains
faulting and thrust faulting
folding and faulting
4
What technology is used to detect the direction and strength of a magnetic field?
Deep sea drilling
Magnetometer
Seismograph
Sonar
5
These seismic waves cause the most damage to buildings...
Primary waves
Surface waves
Secondary waves
6
Which layer of earth is the first one under the crust?
inner core
outer core
lower mantle
upper mantle
7
Compression is a force that squeezes rock up and over the rock below it. This describes ....
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
8
Layers of deposits left behind by glaciers on different continents is an example of...
biological evidence
geological evidence
Continental drift from rocks
9
What is called when a volcano is not active?
dormant
extinct
inactive
sleeping
10
The surface location directly above the focus of the earthquake is called...
aftershocks
Epicenter
origin
Focal point
11
Earthquakes can also cause...
all of the above
Tsunamis and avalances
Tsunamis and rock slides
Avalanches, rock slides and land slides
12
This seismic wave can only travel through solids
Surface wave
Secondary wave
Primary wave
13
A Strike-Slip Fault uses which type of force?
shear
Tension
Both Compression and Tension
Compression
14
Which mountain range is an example of an old mountain range?
Laurentian
Andes
Himalayans
Rocky Mountains
15
You can determine the location of an earthquake by measuring the intervals between...
the secondary waves and primary waves
the primary waves and secondary waves
the surface waves and primary waves
the primary waves and surface waves
16
Clues about Earth's crust have been collected using which technology?
Seismograph
Deep sea drilling
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
sonar
17
The top fold of a mountain is called...
Anticline
syncline
18
When two plates move apart it is called...
Diverging
Converging
Subducting
19
Which part of the following is NOT part of a seismograph?
scale
weight
drum
pen
20
What evidence led scientists to the theory of the sea floor spreading?
Magnetite
magnetic field pointing south
Magnetic reversals
all of the above
21
When one plate goes under the other it is called...
Diverging
Subdued
Convergent
Subducted
22
Which layer of the earth is liquid?
upper mantle
outer core
crust
inner core
23
Magma that forms igneous rock contains this mineral
Nickle
Copper
Magnesium
Iron
24
True or False: The Continental plate is less dense than the Oceanic plate
False
True
25
P waves travel through the...
center of the earth
outside of the earth's crust
through the upper mantle only
26
The theory that describes the mid-ocean ridges..
Pangea
Sea floor spreading
Continental rift
Continental drift
27
Tension causes rock to move downward. What type of fault is this describing?
Reverse Fault
Normal Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
28
Similar fossils found on different continents is an example of...
Biological Evidence
Geological Evidence
Continental drift from rocks
29
How can you tell when one mountain is "younger"?
It is cooler
It is taller
It has jagged peaks
All of the above
30
An opening in a volcano is called...
vent
door
top
hole
31
What is the Ring of Fire?
The outline of the Pacific plate where volcanoes are active
The outline of the Atlantic plate where volcanoes are active
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Alfred Wegener came up with which theory?
continental drift
continental divide
mid-Atlantic ridge
mid-Atlantic rift
