WorksheetsDynamic Crust Vocabulary
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Line along which crustal plates meet and interact
a)
Plate Boundary
b)
Dinner Plate
c)
Plate Border
2.
Primary wave; compression wave that is the fastest seismic wave that radiates from an earthquake. Can travel through solids and liquids.
a)
Ocean Waves
b)
S-Waves
c)
P-Waves
3.
Magnetic polarity of a rock that formed in a time when the poles had opposite polarity than now
a)
Reverse polarity
b)
Reverse Osmosis
c)
Reverse Perastalsis
4.
Ocean crust is made from material in the Earth that rises and spreads apart at the mid-ocean ridge
a)
Sea-floor Stretching
b)
Sea Horses
c)
Sea-floor Speading
5.
Ocean floor depression that marks zone where crust is subducted
a)
Ditch
b)
Crevise
c)
Trench
6.
Time an earthquake occurs at its epicenter
a)
Oregeny
b)
Origin Time
c)
Original Quake
7.
Location at which a stationary hot plume of magma breaks through the crust
a)
Hot plate
b)
Hot Tub
c)
Hot Spot
8.
Underwater mountain ranges where new crust forms
a)
Mid-Ocean Croissant
b)
Mid-Ocean Bakery
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
9.
Strength, Mercalli scale measure
a)
Internet
b)
Intensity
c)
Mercalli Muscle
10.
Total energy released by an earthquake, measured by the Richter scale
a)
Magnitude
b)
Altitude
c)
Latitude
11.
Vibrational energy that radiates through Earth from an earthquake
a)
Seismic Wave
b)
Tsunami Wave
c)
Surfing Wave
12.
Instrument used to measure and record the magnitude of an earthquake
a)
Line graph
b)
Seismograph
c)
Seismochart
13.
Region in Earth's crusts that is destroyed as it is pulled down into the mantle
a)
Discovery Zone
b)
Hot Magma Zone
c)
Subduction Zone
14.
Region in Earth's crusts that is destroyed as it is pulled down into the mantle
a)
Discovery Zone
b)
Hot Magma Zone
c)
Subduction Zone
15.
Gradual sinking of a portion of Earth's crust
a)
Subsidence
b)
Sink hole
c)
Quick sand
16.
Secondary Wave; earthquake waves that arrive after P-Waves and cannot travel through a liquid
a)
Sonic Wave
b)
Tsunami Wave
c)
S-Wave
17.
Plate boundary where crustal plates SLIDE past each other
a)
Transistor
b)
Transform
c)
Earthquake slide
18.
Ocean wave associated with an undersea earthquake
a)
World Record Wave
b)
Tuna Roll
c)
Tsunami
19.
Plentiful, numerous
a)
Over crowding
b)
Abundance
c)
Competition
20.
Part of Earth's interior below the lithosphere that becomes plastic in response to stress
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
21.
The way heat energy is transferred through matter by the direct contact of molecules
a)
Condor
b)
Conductor
c)
Conduction
22.
Form of heat flow in which movement of heated material is caused by density currents
a)
Convection
b)
Circulation
c)
Cosmonaut
23.
Circular path of heat flow
a)
Density Cell
b)
Cat's Cradle
c)
Convection Cell
24.
Plate boundary where crustal plates collide
a)
Conversation
b)
Convergent
c)
Contact Plate
25.
Plate boundary where plates move apart
a)
Diverticulitis
b)
Divorced
c)
Divergent
26.
Location on Earth's SURFACE directly above the focus of an earthquake
a)
Epipen
b)
Epicenter
c)
Epic Event
27.
Break in the rock of Earth's lithosphere along which movement occurs
a)
Fault
b)
Crust Cracks
c)
Thin crust
28.
An earthquake's point of origin within Earth
a)
Ford
b)
Epicenter
c)
Focus
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