Earth Science Review DG

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

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

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What are earthquakes?

• The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

• Masses of earth sliding down cliffs or mountains

• A rotating column of air causing mass destruction

• A gigantic wave

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What causes earthquakes?

• Millions of people jumping at once

• The earth rotating

• The movement of plate tectonics

• Gravity

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An earthquake is usually caused by a...

• landslide

• very large storm

• glacier

• movement along a fault

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Ring of Fire is...

• Where Earthquakes and volcanos never occur

• A ring of Fire in the middle of the ocean

• A fire ring of hot lava

• A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity

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____ are breaks or cracks in the rocks that make up Earth's crust.

• Landforms

• Faults

• Earthquakes

• Boundaries

The Theory of Plate Tectonics says that:

Large solid pieces of Earth called Plates make up which layer of the Earth?

• The crust

• The atmosphere

• The inner core

• The mantle

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What is the mantle of the Earth made of?

• air

• water

• solid rocks

• molten rocks

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called

• America
• Super Earth
• Pangea
• Eurasia

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