Quiz about Test Review - PT & EQ

Question 1

Who was the first person to propose the idea that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Albert Einstein

Answer

Isaac Newton

Answer

Mrs. Czach

Question 2

What was the name of that landmass?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

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Eurasia

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Africa

Answer

Fooltopia

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of evidence supporting continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Fossil evidence

Answer

There is no evidence.

Answer

An increase in the intensity of hurricanes

Answer

Ice core samples

Question 4

During the Triassic period, what two landmasses did Pangaea break into?

Accepted Answer

Laurasia and Gondwanaland

Answer

Jurassic and Cretaceous

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Pangaea and Eurasia

Answer

Pangaea is still one landmass.

Question 5

This letter represents ocean lithosphere.

Accepted Answer

A

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

E

Question 6

This letter shows the Mid-oceanic ridge.

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

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D

Answer

E

Question 7

The letter is showing continental lithosphere.

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Answer

D

Answer

E

Question 8

This letter is a trench.

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

E

Question 9

What is a fault?

Accepted Answer

A break in the crust where rocks have slipped past each other

Answer

A place in the crust where volcanoes occur

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A place in the ocean where hurricanes originate

Answer

Juan de Fuca

Question 10

Which of the following is a plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Pangaea

Answer

Jurassic

Answer

There are no such thing as plates in the first place

Question 11

When rocks are pulled apart at divergent boundaries, what type of stress is involved?

Accepted Answer

Tension

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Compression

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Elastic rebound theory

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Pangaea

Question 12

Which of the following can form at a divergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Trenches

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Subduction zone

Answer

None of the above

Question 13

Trenches form at subduction zones.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 14

Shearing is the type of stress that occurs when two plate collide at a convergent boundary.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 15

At transform boundaries two plates slide past each other in opposite directions.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 16

The San Andreas Fault is a famous transform boundary.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 17

New oceanic crust forms at transform fault boundaries.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 18

Iceland is located on a divergent plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 19

Which of the following can cause an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Volcanic eruption

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Tsunami

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Hot, moist ocean water

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Earthquakes are fake news

Question 20

Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden movement of rock are called ____________.

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

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epicenters

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faults

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Tsunamis

Question 21

Major earthquakes are often followed by somewhat smaller events known as _____________.

Accepted Answer

aftershocks

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later shocks

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foreshocks

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tsunami

Question 22

The mechanism by which rocks store and eventually release energy in the form of an earthquake is known as _____________.

Accepted Answer

elastic rebound

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stress fracture

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seismic rebound

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fault displacement

Question 23

The instrument which records earthquake events is _____________.

Accepted Answer

seismograph

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seismogram

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polygraph

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thermograph

Question 24

Earthquakes frequently occur near ______________.

Accepted Answer

All of these

Answer

Subduction zones

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Fault lines

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Plate Boundaries

Question 25

A succession of ocean waves set in motion by a submarine (underwater) earthquake is called:

Accepted Answer

tsunami

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tidal wave

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czachami

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tidal bore

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seismic sea monster

Question 26

How many seismic stations are necessary to accurately determine the location of an earthquake's epicenter?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

10

Answer

25

Question 27

What is the picture/image called?

Accepted Answer

seismogram

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Seismogimic

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seismograph

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seismology

Question 28

What is the difference in arrival times between the P and S waves?

Accepted Answer

50 seconds

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285 mm

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150 mm

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50 minutes

Answer

110 seconds

Question 29

Which scale ranks earthquakes according to their intensity?

Accepted Answer

Mercalli

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Richter

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Moment Magnitude

Question 30

Which is NOT a way that tsunamis can be generated?

Accepted Answer

Category 5 hurricane

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Submarine earthquake

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Underwater land slide

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Meteorite impact

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Underwater Volcanic eruption

Question 31

Where was the earthquake?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Answer

D

Question 32

Where was the closest seismic station to the earthquake?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

E

Question 33

In 2004, the most horrific natural disaster occurred that killed over 220,000 people in multiple nations. Where did the tsunami originate?

Accepted Answer

Indian Ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Mediterranean Sea

Question 34

The focus is the location on the surface directly above where the earthquake occurred.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 35

The epicenter is the location on the surface directly above where the earthquake occurred.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 36

The 2 types of body waves are love waves and Rayleigh waves.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 37

The 2 types of body waves are P waves and S waves.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 38

P waves are compression waves.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 39

P waves are always the first waves that are detected following an earthquake.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 40

An aftershock occurs before the earthquake and indicates it is coming.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 41

Liquefaction is when saturated materials turn to fluids.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 42

The Atlantic Ocean is the only ocean with a Tsunami Warning System.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 43

Earthquakes are easy to predict and the predictions are often very accurate.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 44

Which letter represents the epicenter?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 45

Which letter represents the fault?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Question 46

Which letter represents the focus?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 47

How do the plates move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle move them along like a conveyor belt

Answer

they don't move...that's ridiculous

Answer

t

Answer

t

Test Review - PT & EQ

49 questions

Who was the first person to propose the idea that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass?

What was the name of that landmass?

Which of the following is an example of evidence supporting continental drift?

During the Triassic period, what two landmasses did Pangaea break into?

This letter represents ocean lithosphere.

This letter shows the Mid-oceanic ridge.

The letter is showing continental lithosphere.

This letter is a trench.

What is a fault?

Which of the following is a plate boundary?

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