Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics- Unit 3

The slow continuous movement that occurs along some fault zones is referred to as ____. 

The greatest concentration of metals occurs in Earth's ______.

The lithospheric plates move an average of ____.

Most of the information about Earths interior was obtained by studying what?

Vein deposits are usually produced by ____.

In the plate tectonic theory, a plate can be made up of____.

Earthquakes are usually associated with____.

How does the age of seafloor sediments change with increasing distance from the oceanic ridge?

Which seismic waves are most destructive?

Most earthquakes are produced from a rapid release of which kind of energy?

During an earthquake, the ground surface____.

New oceanic crust is formed at ____.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of S waves?

Which of the following correctly describes the asthenosphere? 

In the desert environment, the chemical weathering of rocks is generally reduced because ____.

The single most important erosional agent on Earth is ______.

Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?

In the plate tectonics theory, the lithosphere is divided into____.

Long-range earthquake forecasts are based on the idea that earthquakes are ____.

Through which Earth layer are are S waves NOT transmitted?

A succession of ocean waves set in motion by a submarine earthquake is called a(n) ____.

Volcanic island arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?

A soils texture is determined by ____.

Chemical weathering would be most effective in which climate?

What forms when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?

The amount of shaking produced by an earthquake at a given location is called the____.

The atmospheric gas that forms a mild acid when dissolved in water is ____.

The Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the ____.

A tsunami can occur when there is vertical movement at a fault under ____. 

The fuel for nuclear fission in nuclear reactors is____.

The adjustments of material that follow a major earthquake often generate smaller earthquakes

The Moho is ___.

Continental volcanic arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?

Which of the following DOES NOT occur at a subduction zone

The continental crust has the average composition of ____.

Violent shaking form an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to fail and cause a

An earthquake's magnitude is a measure of the ____.

Which of the following would least likely be found in a wide valley?

Which of the following alternative energy sources is NOT inexhaustible?

Which of the following is associated with areas of karst topography?

What is the ultimate base level of a stream?

Oceanic lithosphere is destroyed at ____.

Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called____.

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with

What scale is used by scientist to measure earthquakes?

A travel-time graph can be used to find the ____.

What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas?

Which of the following causes earthquakes?

The Red Sea is theorized to be the site of a recently formed

A building that settles unevenly after an earthquake is evidence of ____.