Lithosphere

Faults that have plates slide by one another are called

Based on circles drawn to find epicenters, how do we know which is closest?

Which of the following affects the amount of destruction caused by earthquake vibrations?

Where is the deepest place on Earth?

What do we call the changing of the surface?

How do we determine the direction of an island arc?

What is a fault?

What instrument records earthquake waves?

How does the age of seafloor change as you get closer to land?

Which one of the following statements is true about P waves?

What happens when two contiential plates collide?

What is volcanic material inside the Earth?

At a transform fault boundary

Through which Earth layer are S waves NOT transmitted?

What are the types of volcanoes?

Area where plates move away from each other

Area where plates move towards each other

If a continental and ocean plate collide, which goes underneath?

Typical rates of seafloor spreading are approximately

What is the best known fault in the United States?

Which seismic waves move like a “Slinky”?

During an earthquake, the ground can

What is the density of Oceanic Crust?

Which seismic waves more like a rope?

What happens when two oceanic plates collide?

In the plate tectonic theory, a plate can be made up of

The scale is used for measuring earthquakes

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

Earth’s core is made of an alloy of

When an earthquake occurs, energy goes in all directions from its source: the

Where are the convection currents that drive continental drift?

Which of the following results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates?

The idea that the oldest material will be on the bottom

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates slide past each other?

Earth’s inner core is solid because of

An earthquake’s epicenter is

Marine fossils were found on top of a mountain. How?

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

Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis stated that all the continents once joined together

Fewest number of seismic stations needed to determine the location of an epicenter?

Magnetic reversals

What makes up the Asthenosphere?

A fault in which the hanging wall moves down is a

Area where volcanic activity occurs away from plate boundaries.

What makes up the Lithosphere?

Most of the information about Earth’s interior was obtained by studying

What is the density of Continental Crust?

Earthquakes are usually associated with

The distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined from the

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called

One kind of evidence that supports Wegener’s hypothesis is that

What is the increase in an earthquake measuring 5 on the Moment Magnitude scale compared to one measuring 4?

What is this picture showing?

The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over

Which seismic waves travel more quickly?

What is the process called where soft sediments turn to liquid during an earthquake?

Area where earthquake waves cannot be recorded.

Earth’s thin, rocky outer layer is its

Layers of rock bent by forces