Earth Systems Exam Review

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

• convergent
• insurgent
• divergent
• transform

What are the scientific terms for upward and downward folds in the Earth's crust?

• anticlines and synclines
• faults

At what kind of plate boundary would you expect to see a lot of anticlines and synclines?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

Which natural disaster happens as a result of tectonic plate motion?

• hurricane
• blizzard
• tornado
• earthquake

What is the name of the landmass, or supercontinent, that contained all of the continents before they separated into the 7 we have today?

• Pangaea
• Laurasia
• Gondwondaland

What type of heat transfer happens in the mantle and causes Earth's crust to move?

• convection
• conduction
• radiation

At what kind of plate boundary do plates move away from each other?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

What is the name of the point on Earth's surface directly above where the quake originates

• focus
• epicenter

What kind of seismic waves travel the fastest?

• p waves
• s waves
• surface waves

What is the hard outer portion of the Earth, containing the crust and upper mantle, called?

• lithosphere
• asthenosphere