SCIENCE 10 FIRST QUARTER REVIEW QUIZ

Which is TRUE about Earth’s crust?

•   a. Crust is divided into inner and outer core.

• b. Crust is made up of igneous rock only

• c. The crust moves fast every year that makes its segments collide from one another

•   d. The crust is thickest in a part where a relatively young mountain is present and thinnest along the

      ocean floor.

It is a location at some depth in the earth where seismic wave radiation begins.

• a.  epicenter

• b. focus

• c. center

• d.  locus

This is a type of plate boundary where plates are moving towards each other.  

                                                                                            

• a. divergent

• b. convergent

• c. transform

• d. oceanic-oceanic

All statements are true about divergence of plate, EXCEPT

• a. New materials from the mantle ooze up to fill the gap as plates separate

• b. It is most situated along oceanic ridges

• c. Breaking of plates can lead to the formation of rift valleys

• d. It can form zone of collision

Over a mantle plume is an area on earth called a ________________.

                                                                                                            

• a. volcano

• b. hotspot

• c. mantle

• d. magma chamber

Which volcano is the youngest?

• a. Hawaii

• b. Kauai

• c. Maui

• d. Oahu

Which volcano is less active and older?

• a. Hawaii

• b. Kauai

• c. Maui

• d. Oahu

What is the source of magma for the hot spot volcanoes?

                                                                                            

• a. hot spot

• b. magma chamber

• c. mantle

• d. mantle plume

Which statement is INCORRECT about Love wave?

• a. It is faster than Rayleigh wave

• b. It was named after A.E.H Love

• c. It can travel to the internal structure of the Earth

• d. It can cause the most damage to structures during an earthquake

Why P waves bend after reaching the outer core and the inner core?

• a. due to the change in density of the medium

• b. due to faster movement of the wave

• c. because of the intensity of the wave

• d. because of the distance from the epicenter