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Environmental Science - Natural Disaster Review 1
Environmental Science - Natural Disaster Review 1
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Natural Disaster Review
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1
Who would experience the most destruction from an earthquake?
farthest from earthquake center
other side of the earth
closest to the earthquake center
on a different plate from the center of earthquake
2
Which type of crust is MORE dense?
NEITHER
BOTH
OCEANIC
CONTINENTAL
3
How many types of CRUST are there?
3
4
1
2
4
What type of plate boundary is shown below.
convergent
transform
divergent
5
What type of plate boundary causes earthquakes in California?
divergent
convergent
trench
transform
6
Where do most earthquakes occur?
plate boundaries
Top of mountains
center of plates
New York
7
What layer of the Earth is LIQUID?
outer core
crust
oceanic crust
inner core
8
Which type of plate boundary creates MOUNTAIN RANGES?
convergent
transform
divergent
9
What formed the Islands of Hawaii?
mermaids
earthquakes
hot spot
tornado
10
Which type of plate boundary is shown below?
convergent
transform
divergent
11
Where is the Ring of Fire?
Around Pacific Plate
Hot Spot
Center of North American Plate
Doesn't exist
12
What do the Mercalli and Richter scale measure?
plate tectonics
age of a plate
strength of an earthquake
size of volcano
13
Which layer of the Earth is partially melted and is where the crustal plates move on top of?
outer core
oceanic crust
inner core
asthenosphere (plastic mantle)
14
If an area has a lot of earthquakes, what else might they experience?
volcanoes
tornadoes
sunshine
floods
