6th Shaping Earth's Surface

Name the point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs.

• earthquake

• epicenter

• fault

• focus

What do you call the crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes place?

• earthquake

• epicenter

• fault

• focus

Which boundary presses together?

• sliding boundary

• diverging boundary

• converging boundary

• transform boundary

What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

• lava

• magma

• fault

• focus

What is the name of the instrument used to measure the waves of an earthquake?

• Richter Scale

• Octograph

• Seismograph

• Fault detector

What do you call melted rock once it hardens on the Earth's surface?

• lava

• fault

• magma

• focus

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• earthquake

• epicenter

• focus

• fault

When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?

• Mountain ranges

• Convergent Plates

• Divergent Plates

• Transform Boundaries

Earthquakes occur along these.

• bedrock

• sandstone piles

• equatorial lines

• plate boundaries

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sliding

• Convergent