ES Ch 13 Quiz AGS

Earthquake waves that travel the slowest and do the most damage are called what?

• L-waves

• S-waves

• P-waves

• tsunami waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the core of the Earth?

• Layer of the earth that surrounds the core

• There is no core

• Dense center of the earth made of solid and melted metals

• Outer layer of the earth

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is an earthquake?

• Circular motion of gas or liquid as it heats

• Round opening through which magma reaches the surface of the earth

• Shaking of of the earth's crust

• A large sea wave caused by vibrations of the earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a seismograph?

• Currents in the mantle caused by rising heat

• Huge slabs of moving rock

• a violent ejection of steam, lava, and gas

• Instrument that detects and records earthquake waves

What is Pangaea?

• Single landmass-they thought the continents separated millions of years ago

• the name of an ancient fossil

• the name of a German scientist

What is plate tectonics

• gravitational forces of Earth.

• composition of Earth's inner regions

• its the earths surface that is made of large sections of crust that move

• layering of sedimentary rock.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Match the following

• Normal Fault

• 
• Strike-Slip Fault

• 
• Reverse Fault

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Label the Layers of the Earth

a

b

c

Core

Crust

Mantle

What is folding?

• Bending of rock layers that are squeezed together

• Rock layers move

• The process by which rocks change shape under stress.

• None of these.

What is a vent?

• Mantle convection process

• Transport and sedimentation

• Earth's crust movement (Plate Tectonics)

• Round opening through which magma reaches the surface of the earth