WorksheetsEarthquake and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The pulling and stretching of rock
a)
Tension
b)
Stress
c)
Shearing
d)
Compression
2.
The shaking and trembling that results in the movement of rock beneath the Earth's surface
a)
Earthquake
b)
Stress
c)
Compression
d)
Fault
3.
Bends in the rock layers
a)
Fault
b)
Fold
c)
Tension
d)
Stress
4.
A break in the rockof the Earth's crust
a)
Tension
b)
Stress
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
5.
A force that acts on rocks to change its shape or volume
a)
Earthquake
b)
magnitude
c)
Stress
d)
P waves
6.
What kind of seismic wave arrives first and expands like an accordian?
a)
Secondary wave
b)
Surface wave
c)
Primary wave
d)
Preliminary wave
7.
What are the three different kinds of stress?
a)
tension, compression, surface wave
b)
fault, fold, anticline
c)
compression, rarefaction, reflection
d)
tension, compression, shearing
8.
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus called?
a)
Fold
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Mountain
9.
What do we call the measurement of earthquake strength?
a)
Focus
b)
Fold
c)
Magnitude
d)
Syncline
10.
When loose dirt suddenly turns to liquid soil during an earthquake, it is called?
a)
Liquifaction
b)
Magnitude
c)
Landslide
d)
Tsunami
11.
What kind of wave produces the most severe ground movements during an earthquake?
a)
Primary waves
b)
Secondary waves
c)
Surface waves
d)
Priliminary waves
12.
What kind of earthquake wave arrives second?
a)
Secondary waves
b)
Primary waves
c)
Surface waves
d)
Priliminary waves
13.
What device is used to measure earthquakes?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Psychrometer
d)
Seismograph
14.
If there is an earthquake what should you do?
a)
Panic
b)
Run, drop, cover
c)
Drop, cover, hold
d)
Drop, cover, hide
15.
What layer of the Earth is a solid ball?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
16.
What layer of the Earth bends like plastic?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
17.
What layer of the earth do we stand on?
a)
Crust
b)
Outer core
c)
Inner core
d)
Mantle
18.
IN which layer do convection currents move?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
19.
What do we call a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth?
a)
Physicist
b)
Biologist
c)
Archeologist
d)
Geologist
20.
What do we call heat that is transferred by direct contact of particles of matter?>
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Electromagnetic waves
21.
What is the measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance called?
a)
Density
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Weight
22.
What do we call heat that is transferred by the movement of a fluid called?
a)
radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Magnetic
d)
Convection
23.
What is the name of a single landmass made when all the continents were once joined together?
a)
Selinsgrove
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pumpernickel
d)
Continental drift
24.
The Earth's mantle is in constant slow motion driven by convection currents in the mantle. What is that theory called?
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Ohm's Law
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Plate Tectonics
25.
Convection currents can be found in the Lithosphere. True or False
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What creates a strike-slip fault?
a)
Shearing
b)
Compression
c)
Tension
d)
Reflection
27.
Compression produces this kind of fault.
a)
Strike-slip fault
b)
Normal fault
c)
Reverse fault
d)
Mountain fault
28.
A rating system used today to estimate the total energy released by an earthquake is called
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Moment Magnitude Scale
29.
An earthquake that occurs after an earthquake in the same area is called
a)
small earthquake
b)
liquefaction
c)
aftershocks
d)
avalanche
30.
How can we make buildings safer in earthquake prone areas
a)
Choose our location on solid rock
b)
Choose construction methods
c)
Choose materials carefully
d)
All of the above
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