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Plates, volcanoes, earhquakes
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What type of wave is this?
Reyleigh
S
P
love
2
What is a trench?
crater
volcano
ditch
pool
3
If the p wave arrival time is 5 and the s wave arrival time is 10, what is the lag time?
50
5
15
10
4
What is the name of the fault below California?
Pacific
Atlantic
Eurasian
San Andres
5
What type of foci usually causes the most damage?
shallow
short
long
deep
6
What scale measures intensity?
Earthquake scale
moment magnitude scale
Fujita scale
Modified Mercalli scale
7
What type of volcano is this?
layered
Cinder
composite
shield
8
Most earthquakes occur
plates boundaries
rivers
mountains
middle plates
9
What changes the speed and direction of seismic waves?
composition of Earth's interior
force behind wave
type of wave
distance wave travels
10
Who came up with the theory of sea floor spreading?
Wegener
Hess
Darwin
Einstien
11
Which of the following were not pieces of evidence for Wegener's theory?
reptile fossils
diamonds found in Afica
mountain ranges
plant fossils
12
What is the sudden return of a rock back to its original shape?
wave rebound
metamorphic
elastic rebound
surface rebound
13
What type of wave is this?
Love
S
P
Reyleigh
14
What was the first piece of evidence in the idea of continental drift?
continents look like puzzles
rock correlations
paleomagnetisim
plant fossils
15
What type of wave is this
Love
P
S
Reyleigh
16
Which of the following will cause the most deaths and injuries in an earthquake?
cracks in the ground
liquiefaction
damage to structures
shaking
17
What can S waves travel through?
everything
gas
liquids
solids
18
What type of waves do the most damage?
Body
S
P
Surface
19
What is intensity of an earthquake?
none of these
stregnth
length
damage
20
What is it called when two plates slide past each other?
strike-slip
divergent
transform
convergent
21
What moment magnitude scale express?
intensity
tornadoes
magnitude
shaking
22
Where does the first motion of an earthquake occur?
Focus
seismic gap
mantle
epiccenter
23
What is the theory that explains why and how continents move?
plate tectonics
continental tectonic drift
continental drift
paleomagnetism
24
What is an area of volcanic activity, under the crust that stays in place as the plate moves?
volcanic arc
hot spot
cone
island arc
25
Which volcano has runny, not viscous lava?
cinder
shield
composite
strato
26
What is the name of the instrument used to detect and record seismic activity?
wavograph
phonograph
paleograph
seismograph
27
What is it called when two plates moves toward each other?
convergent
strike slip
divergent
trasfortm
28
Which wave has an elliptical motion?
Love
S
Reyleigh
P
29
What is a wall of water that can be caused by earthquakes?
tsunami
tornado
wave
hurricane
30
Which type of volcano usually has one long eruption?
shield
composite
layered
cinder
31
Which is not a cause of tsunamis?
volcanic eruption
tornado
undersea landslide
undersea earthquake
32
What do scientists calculate using the arrival time of P and S waves?
focus
epicenter
magnitude
size
33
What is a location where several faults are located known as?
strike slip fault
fault zone
subduction zone
danger zone
34
What volcano erupted in 1980 ?
New Madrid
Mt. Rainier
Mt. St Helen
Yellowstone
35
Which wave moves the fastest?
S
Love
P
Reyleigh
36
What is an area where seismic waves can't be detected?
shadow zone
aseismic zone
friend zone
seismic zone
37
What type of wave is this?
Reyleigh
P
S
Love