Tectonics GCSE

What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started
• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

What is a convergent boundary?

• When two plates move away from each other.
• When two plates move toward each other.

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Most earthquakes happen along the _________________. 

• coast
• faults
• desert
• directions

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.

• core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

• crust
• plates
• directions
• seismos

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates

The focus of an earthquake is

• The point (below Earth's surface) where rock breaks

• The closest seismic station

• The place where the greatest damage occurs

• A fault

What is Pangea?

• the name of a German scientist

• the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil