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WorksheetsEarthquake & Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is NOT a piece of evidence that supports seafloor spreading?
a)
fossils
b)
magnetic stripes
c)
drilling samples
d)
molten material
2.
Which scale estimates the total amount of energy released during an earthquake?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
3.
Which wave arrives first on a seismograph?
a)
S-Wave
b)
Surface Wave
c)
P-Wave
4.
Which type of stress produces a normal fault?
a)
Compression
b)
Tension
c)
Shearing
d)
Liquefaction
5.
Which type of plate boundary has two plates moving apart?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Fault
6.
What is a break in the crust where two slabs of rock slip past each other?
a)
Fold
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Force
7.
What is the place on the Earth's surface directly above the point in the where an earthquake originates?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Subduction
8.
What is NOT a piece of evidence that supports the Theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Climate
b)
Landforms
c)
Drilling
d)
Fossils
9.
What type of fault is produced by tension?
a)
Normal
b)
Strike-Slip
c)
Fault
d)
Reverse
10.
Which seismic wave is the most damaging to buildings?
a)
P-waves
b)
S-waves
c)
Surface Waves
d)
Magnitude
11.
Which is a tool that uses a wire stretched across a fault to record movement?
a)
seismograph
b)
creep meter
c)
moment magnitude scale
d)
satellite
12.
Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Alfred Wegner
d)
Alfred Einstein
13.
What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
a)
Subduction
b)
Mountain building
c)
Flooding
d)
Convection
14.
What is an example of a transform boundary?
a)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
San Andreas Fault
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
15.
Which seismic wave travels the fastest?
a)
Surface Waves
b)
S-waves
c)
Seismic Waves
d)
P-waves
16.
What is the name of the ancient landmass that slowly split apart?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Eurasia
c)
Continenta
d)
Keiper Belt
17.
Who is responsible for finding evidence that supports seafloor spreading?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Alfred Wegner
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Joseph Henry
18.
Which tool uses radio waves that bounce off the surface to create an image
a)
Laser-ranging device
b)
Titlmeter
c)
Creep meter
d)
Satellite
19.
Which type of stress is involved with convergent plate boundaries?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
strike-slip
d)
transform
20.
What is the name of the point where rock breaks in the Earth's interior?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Seismic Waves
21.
Which type of plate boundary is being shown?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Strike-Slip
22.
Which type of device measures the depth of the liquid in the bulb to check for vertical movement?
a)
Tiltmeter
b)
Laser-Ranging Device
c)
Satellite
d)
Creep Meter
23.
What is the name of a smaller earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Aftershock
c)
Liquifaction
d)
Tremor
24.
What is the measurement of the earthquake’s strength based on seismic waves and fault movement?
a)
Magnitude
b)
Intensity
c)
Richter Scale
d)
Tension
25.
What is the result of an earthquake occurring on the ocean floor?
a)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
S-Wave
c)
Surface Wave
d)
Tsunami
26.
What type of fault is created by shearing?
a)
Strike-Slip
b)
Normal
c)
Reverse
d)
Fault
27.
Shearing causes rocks to push past each other in two opposite directions.
a)
False
b)
True
28.
What term is used to measure the amount of damage caused by an earthquake?
a)
Magnitude
b)
Focus
c)
Intensity
d)
Stress
29.
What is the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?
a)
Force
b)
Stress
c)
Fault
d)
Epicenter
30.
What is the shaking and vibrating of Earth caused by friction between tectonic plates?
a)
Focus
b)
Stress
c)
Fault
d)
Earthquake
31.
Which type of plate boundary has plates that slide past each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Normal
32.
What is the name of the first fossil species that was found matching on two different continents?
a)
Metasaurus
b)
Mesosaurus
c)
T-Rex
d)
Megladon
33.
Which seismic wave moves in a back and forth motion like an accordian?
a)
P-Wave
b)
S-Wave
c)
Surface Wave
d)
Seismic Wave
34.
This is an example of which type of plate boundary movement?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Reverse
d)
Convergent
35.
This is an example of which type of plate boundary movement?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Fault
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