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Earth Science Ch. 7-9 Review: Plate tectonics/quakes/volcanoes
Earth Science Ch. 7-9 Review: Plate tectonics/quakes/volcanoes
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the __________ is located UNDER the epicenter
divergent boundary
transform boundary
focus
2
Which wave would reach you first if an earthquake were to take place?
S waves
P waves
Surface waves
Secondary Waves
3
Which is not a scale used for Earthquakes?
Linneaus
Richtor
Mercalli
4
How many MINOR plates do we have?
5
8
7
9
5
Which plate is surrounded by the ring of fire??
Pacific
North American
Euroasian
Atlantic
6
Pangea is considered to be the ____________
super continent
reverse fault
transform boundary
strike slip fault
7
Which layer of the earth do convection currents take place? (cause plates to move)
Mantle
Core
Inner Core
crust
8
What type of fault is shown?
Compression
Reverse
Normal
Strike Slip
9
what type of fault is shown below?
Normal
Reverse
Convergent
Strike Slip
10
Who proposed Pangea?
Charles
Darwin
Wegner
Mendel
11
What type of waves do the MOST DAMAGE?
Surface waves
P waves
S waves
12
True or False anyone can come up with a scientific theory
TRUE
FALSE
13
What type of fault is shown?
reverse
normal
strike slip
divergent
14
T/F Theories in Science are just a opinions and have no evidence to support.
FALSE
TRUE
15
We can reveal where a quake took place by locating the ____________ on the SURFACE of earth
epicenter
volcano
focus
16
The Theory of Evolution is a ___________ theory
scientific
common
17
Name the fault.
reverse
normal
Convergent
strike slip.
18
What is shown below?
arctic circle
current earth
pangea
19
What type of boundary is shown below?
convergent
concave
divergent
transform
20
Which type of boundary is shown below?
Convergent
Strike slip
Transverse
Divergent
21
Heat transfer through liquids or fluids is called__________
radiation
convection
conduction
22
Which major plate do we live on?
Atlantic
South American
North American
Pacific
23
Which boundary is shown below?
divergent
cleavage
transform
convergent
24
Which scale is shown below?
Mercalli
Richter
Lenniaun
Phalange
25
Which plate does NOT make up part of the WEST COAST of the US?
Caribbean
Cocos
North American
Juan De Fuca
26
Which plate lies EAST of the South American plate?
African
Caribbean
Nazca
Scotia
27
TRUE or FALSE we usually associate earthquakes and volcanoes around plate boundaries
TRUE
FALSE
28
Which boundary is shown below?
Transform
convergent
Divergent
Strike Slip
29
Which level would indicate trees swaying, and overturning objects?
VI
V
I
XI
30
What causes the plate tectonics to move?
convection currents
gravity
water
core
