Unit 7 Test Review

Multiple Choice

What types of buildings are naturally earthquake resistant?

• Buildings with wide and low structures

• Buildings with heavy materials
• Buildings with tall towers
• Buildings with short but skinny structures

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a building code?

• To make the building taller

• To make the building earthquake-resistant

• To paint the walls of the building

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a shear wall?

• To provide warmth when the temperature changes.

• To make the building look pretty

• They have no real purpose.

• To provide extra support and stability.

Multiple Choice

Which building would you consider most earthquake resistant?

• A skyscraper

• One story house with shear walls.

• House with lots of windows

• An apartment building.

Multiple Choice

What is NOT something people can do to prepare for volcanoes?

• They can monitor when the volcano is getting close to erupting.

• They can listen to the radio and advice from authorities.

• They can know the safest evacuation route.

• They can stop the volcano before it erupts.

Multiple Choice

How can people prepare for tsunamis? (Choose 2)

• They can use monitors in the ocean to know when they're coming.

• They can learn how to swim.

• They can learn the quickest evacuation route to high ground.

• There is nothing people can do to prepare.

Multiple Choice

How could this building be improved to be more earthquake proof?

• They could make it much shorter.

• They could make the base wider and stronger.

• They could add shock absorbers to the base.

• All of the answers are good options for improvement.

Draw

Draw a sketch of a building you would consider Earthquake resistant.

Open Ended

Write a short description that explains why your model is earthquake resistant using what we've learned in class.

Is Baltimore likely to experience a strong earthquake?

Explain whether DC (shown with the purple star) is likely to experience a strong earthquake (8.0 or above). In your response be sure to include evidence from the Earthquake Map.

We will use reasoning to describe patterns by analyzing data from maps in order to reduce the effects of Earth’s changes over time.

Geologic Journeys in Egypt

Week 3 Lesson 6

Multiple Select

“No. There are not even that many earthquakes there.”

Does the answer include...

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Multiple Choice

The claim was "No."

Is this a strong claim?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Add to the claim to make it stronger.

"No."

Multiple Choice

The evidence was "There are not even that many earthquakes there."

Is this strong evidence?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Add to the evidence to make it stronger.

"There are not even that many earthquakes there."

Multiple Select

"No, DC is not likely to have an earthquake. Because there aren't even many earthquakes there. "

Does the answer include...

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

Multiple Choice

The claim was "No DC won't have an earthquake"

Is this a strong claim?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

The evidence was " because there aren't even many earthquakes there."

Is this strong evidence?

• yes

• no

Open Ended

Add to the evidence to make it stronger.

"because we are not on the end of a tectonic plate so we should not get an earthquake any time soon."

Multiple Select

"No, DC is not likely to get an earthquake. In the map you can see, is not located on the edge of a tectonic plate so it is unlikely to experience earthquakes. Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates move, so places close to plate boundaries will experience Earthquakes."

Does this answer include...

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

Open Ended

Use the maps and what you've learned about patterns to tell Mrs. Powell if it is likely for Egypt to have more earthquakes in the future.

Multiple Choice

Where do most earthquakes tend to occur?

• The steep slopes of the very oldest mountains.

• The boundaries between continents and oceans.

• Groups of Islands farthest away from any continent.

• The central regions of very large continents.

Multiple Choice

A map is provided that gives information on a certain region of the Earth. Based on this map, at which location are mountains likely to form.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

This map shows the location of the Aleutian Islands in comparison to some of Earth's tectonic plates. Based on this information, which of the following is most likely a feature of the Aleutian Islands.

• The climate is getting colder.

• They were formed by volcanic activity.

• The islands are the oldest on Earth.

• Earthquakes do NOT occur there.

Multiple Choice

The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. What claim can be made about the Ring of Fire from this information?

• It is the only place on Earth where earthquakes can happen.

• It has been getting larger since Earth first formed.

• It represents the areas where tectonic plates are the thickest.

• The edges of the tectonic plates are moving in this area.

Multiple Choice

Peru and Chile are part of South America, which sits on the South American tectonic plate. The Nazca plate is moving toward the South American plate. It is pushed downward, which causes it to slide under the South American plate. Based on this information, what feature could we expect to see off the coast of Peru and Chile?

• Mountains

• Bad fishing conditions

• Volcanoes

• severe tropical storms

Multiple Choice

What was shaped by the shifting of Earth's Plates?

• Rivers

• Earthquakes

• Oceans

• Continents

Multiple Choice

What is a volcano?

• mountains that can erupt

• big holes at the bottom of the ocean

• flat land

Multiple Choice

The plate tectonics are the movements of rocks at Earth's---

• mantle

• crust

• core

• oceans

Multiple Choice

A drawing or picture that shows important features in an area.

• volcanoes

• map

• mountains ranges

• deep ocean trenches

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are the names of boundary types of plate tectonics?

• divergent and transformational

• transformative and conversation

• convergent and divulge

• convergent, divergent, and transform

Multiple Choice

Mountains ranges are....

• long chains or groups of mountains

• mountains that can erupt

• a large continuous landmass

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can be concluded about an area with many volcanoes and earthquakes?

• It is safe to visit

• The tectonic plates must be the thickest in this area.

• The edges of the plate tectonics are moving in this area.

• It is not inhabited by humans.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct order of the steps for the engineering process.

• ask, share, improve, create, plan, and imagine

• ask, improve, plan, imagine, share, and create

• ask, imagine, plan, create, improve, and share

• ask, imagine, share, ask, plan, and ask again

Multiple Choice

What is the main goal of the engineering design process?

• to write reports

• to make charts and graphs

• to make things

• to find solutions to problems

Multiple Choice

You try, you fail

you try, you fail

you try, you fail

It's OK if you fail as long as you keep doing this step in the engineering design process...

• imagine

• improve

• quit

• create

Multiple Choice

The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.

• tectonic plates
• faults or boundaries

• magma
• lava

Multiple Choice

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

Multiple Choice

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

Multiple Choice

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth
• Ring of Fire
• Ring of Stone
• Ring of Diamond

Multiple Choice

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

Multiple Choice

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas Fault

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

Multiple Choice

Tectonic plates move quickly.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What is the geosphere?

• another name for Earth's crust

• the crust and uppermost part of the mantle

• another name for Earth's mantle

• the solid part of the mantle

Multiple Select

convergent boundary (select all that apply)

• where two plates are moving toward each other

Multiple Select

Divergent boundary (select all that apply)

• where two plates are moving away from each other

• may result in seafloor spreading

• where two plates slide past each other

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary has plates that are sliding past each other?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

Large pieces of the geoosphere are broken into ___.

• the mantle

• the asthenosphere

• tectonic plates

• magma

Multiple Choice

What happens at a subduction zone at a plate bounndary?

• two plates slide past each other

• one plate is pulled down under another one

• two plates move apart

Multiple Choice

How much do tectonic plates move in a year?

• a few miles

• about 1-2 feet

• 1-6 inches

• no one is really sure

Multiple Choice

The crust floats on top of the mantle.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

What plate do we live on?

• North American

• Pacific

• Australian

• South American

Multiple Choice

Plate tectonics explains the cause of ___.

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• ocean trenches

• all of these

Multiple Choice

The San Andreas fault in California is a --- boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

The mid Atlantic ridge is a ___ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

A ____ boundary is very active. It can have mountains, experience earthquakes, and have volcanoes.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

Seafloor spreading is caused by ____.

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• convection currents in the mantle

• magic

Multiple Choice

The movement of the ____ plate causes 90% of the earthquakes in the world.

• North American

• African

• Pacific

• African

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes can cause ___.

• mountains to form

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• none of these