OpenSciEd 6.4

What is an earthquake?

• When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.

• When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.

• When tectonic plates move against each other causing the earth to move. 

• None of the above

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What would this type of plate movement create?

• Deep earthquakes with volcanoes above it in a line pattern.

• Shallow earthquakes with scattered volcanoes

• A ridge-like area.

• Nothing would happen

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What would this type of plate movement result in?

• A new ocean.

• A hole in the ground.

• Thin layers of crust. Possibly volcanoes.

• Mountains

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Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• None of the above.

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Communicate results

Form a hypothesis

Draw conclusions

Analyze results

Ask a question

Conduct experiment

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_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shifts molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Wind

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Convection Current

• Gravitational Pull

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What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

• crust

• mantle

• core

What type of plate movement is happening at the mid-atlantic ridge?

• plates are coming together

• plates are moving away from each other

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Why are the earthquakes so deep in the Andes mountains?

• The plates move away from each other.

• The plates move towards each other and push the land upward.

• The plates move towards each other but one plate sinks into the mantle.

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