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Restless Earth 8th grade science
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What kind of fault happens at a convergent boundary?
reverse
tension
strike-slip
2
What type of boundary is at the mid ocean ridge?
convergent
transform
divergent
3
Which boundary produces rift valleys?
transform
convergent
divergent
4
Area around the Pacific ocean that has many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
ring of fire
bermuda triangle
johnny cash
5
Which plate is more dense, oceanic or continental?
they're the same
oceanic
continental
6
Compression happens at what type of boundary?
Convergent
divergent
transform
7
What was the earliest form of evidence that supported the hypothesis of Continental drift?
mid ocean ridges
interlocking coastlines
subduction
8
P waves go through?
solids only
solids, liquid & gas
solids and liquids
9
Folded mountains happen at what type of boundary?
divergent
transform
convergent
10
Fault-block mountains happen at what type of boundary?
convergent
transform
divergent
11
Which crust is the thickest?
continental
plate crust
ocean
12
What boundary produces the most earthquakes?
divergent
convergent
transform
13
In 1912, Wegner proposed a hypothesis called?
sea floor spreading
plate tectonics
Continental drift
14
Seismic waves that travel through the solid Earth.
P
S
P&S
15
Stress that happens at divergent boundaries.
tension
shearing
compression
16
S waves go through the inner and outer core
maybe
false
true
17
Why are there very few earthquakes in Ohio?
subduction
no plate boundaries
due to Lake Erie
18
Earthquakes usually happen along...
water and oceans
plate boundaries
farm lands
19
Subduction occurs at what type of boundary?
divergent
tension
convergent
20
The lithosphere is broken up into how many major & minor tectonic plates?
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4
7
21
Seismic waves produce
sea floor spreading
mid-ocean ridges
earthquakes
22
What piece of evidence is not included in Wegners Continental Drift hypothesis?
sea-floor spreading
climate
fossils
23
A solid layer of Earth made of weak slow flowing rock is called?
mesosphere
lithosphere
asthenosphere
24
Which layer is not a compositional layer of earth.
mantle
crust
asthenosphere
25
The epicenter of an earthquake is directly above ...
your house
sea floor
focus
26
Boundary where 2 plates come together
convergent
divergent
transform