Lithosphere and Human Impact

The location of an earthquake INSIDE the earth where the energy is released is the

• epicenter
• richter
• focus
• fault

Seismic waves that travel the fastest are

• P waves
• S waves
• surface waves

The place on the surface of the Earth above where the earthquake occurs is the 

• seismograph
• epicenter
• richter
• focus

What is the name of the device used to measure and record seismic waves generated by

• Richter scale
• Mercalli scale
• Seismogram
• Seismograph

What is the process of breaking down rocks or other material into smaller pieces?

• erosion
• weathering
• compaction
• cementation

A Student was studying a diagram of the rock cycle. She wanted to know what could cause a sedimentary rock to become a metamorphic rock. Which processes must occur in order for a sedimentary rock to change into a metamorphic rock?

• compaction and cementing
• heating and pressure
• melting and cooling
• uplifting and erosion

What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

A rift valley forms at a 

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform boundary
• deep ocean trench

The Himalayas are formed because of what kind of plate movement? 

• a continental plate being subducted under another
• two plates moving apart
• two continental plates colliding
• two plates sliding past one another

What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?

• the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate
• the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate
• the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate