Grade 7 Unit 2 Exam Review

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch (so it looks like an A) is called a(n)

• anticline

• syncline

• plateau

• canyon

The point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the

• syncline

• anticline

• epicenter

• focus

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The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called

• S Waves

• Surface Waves

• P Waves

• Mercalli Waves

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What does a seismograph record (a single one, not in a triangulation)?

• the speed of seismic waves

• the ground movements caused by seismic waves

• the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake

• the location of the epicenter

Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?

• the arrival of surface waves

• liquefaction

• an aftershock

• a tsunami

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A building designed to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake because the top will not shake as violently is called a___(think Japan).

• base isolated

• fixed base

• wood framed

• brick

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The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as

• subduction

• continental drift

• convection

• conduction

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The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

• plate tectonics

• subduction

• deep ocean

• sea floor

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Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth’s interior is made up of several

• continents

• layers

• ridges

• trenches

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The place where two plates come together is known as a

• transform

• divergent

• rift valley

• convergent