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WorksheetsEarthquakes and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Most earthquakes only last for several ________ of time.
a)
seconds
b)
hours
c)
days
d)
years
2.
In the United States, the state with the most earthquakes on average is ________.
a)
Florida
b)
California
c)
Alaska
d)
Washington
3.
This is a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs. (underground)
a)
epicenter
b)
focus
c)
fault
d)
deformation
4.
This is where two or more tectonic plates meet.
a)
elastic rebound
b)
deformation
c)
tectonic plate boundary
d)
focus
5.
This is the process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress.
a)
deformation
b)
stress
c)
fault
d)
epicenter
6.
This is when rock returns to its original shape after deformation.
a)
fault
b)
tectonic plate boundary
c)
focus
d)
elastic rebound
7.
These are a series of extremely long waves that can travel across the ocean at speed up to 800 Km/h.
a)
tsunamis
b)
tornado
c)
earthquake
d)
epicenter
8.
Earth's surface is all one piece.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
This is a large single land mass about 245 million years ago.
a)
super mario world
b)
europe
c)
pangaea
d)
Nazca
10.
This is a boundary where two plates move away from each other.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
11.
This is a boundary where two plates collide with each other.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
minnella
12.
This is a boundary which two plates move past each other horizontally.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
13.
This occurs when rock layers bend under stress.
a)
folding
b)
deformation
c)
syncline
d)
anticline
14.
A crack that forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other is called a
a)
compression
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
convection
15.
The lithosphere is divided into pieces called
a)
tectonic plates
b)
faults
c)
compressions
d)
divergents
16.
This scientist came up with the idea of continental drift.
a)
Anthony Minnella
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Issac Newton
d)
Angelo Gentile
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