WorksheetsBoundaries, Faults, & Earthquakes
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 53mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Focus
2.
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
3.
Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?
a)
P Wave
b)
Rayleigh Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Shear Wave
4.
S Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
5.
What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismograph
6.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
7.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
8.
What is the purpose of the three points in the center of the circles on the map?
a)
They are a plot for predicting earthquake activity.
b)
They calculate the speed of seismic waves.
c)
They show the mountains most likely to be affected by earthquakes.
d)
They are used to locate an earthquake's epicenter.
9.
This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California
a)
New Madrid
b)
Denali Fault
c)
Ramapo Seismic Zone
d)
San Andreas
10.
The epicenter of an earthquake is
a)
The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
b)
The seismic station closest to the earthquake
c)
The place where the greatest damage occurs
d)
The point on the surface directly above the focus
11.
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
12.
Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
13.
What fault has little up or down motion?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
14.
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
15.
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in the Earth's crust is called:
a)
syncline
b)
anticline
16.
An upward fold in rock formed by compression of the Earth's crust.
a)
anticline
b)
syncline
17.
Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle!
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
sheear
d)
rubber-binder
18.
Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement?
a)
shear
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
constriction
19.
What is a convergent boundary?
a)
where plates move into each other
b)
where plates are moving away form each other
c)
where plates move past each other
d)
area where plate slips under another plate
20.
What is a transform boundary?
a)
where plates move into each other
b)
where plates are moving away form each other
c)
where plates move past each other
d)
area where plate slips under another plate
21.
What forms at a divergent boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridges
b)
mountains
c)
earthquakes
d)
only volcanoes
22.
What type of plate boundary is occurring between the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
23.
The deepest point on Earth(The Mariana Trench) was created by what plate movement?
a)
Oceanic/Oceanic
b)
Continental/Continental
c)
Oceanic/Continental
d)
Pacifica/Continental
24.
What process taking place in the asthensophere enables the plates to move?
a)
radiation
b)
subvection
c)
conduction
d)
convection
25.
The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
a)
Plate tectonics
b)
Continental drift
c)
convection currents
d)
subduction zone
26.
A deep valley that forms along a divergent boundary.
a)
rift valley
b)
canyon
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
ocean valley
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