WorksheetsEarthquakes and Volcanoes 6 claudia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is asthenosphere? (Pg.226)
a)
A large section of the Earths crust.
b)
Scientist that study fossils?
c)
Plasticlike layer of the mantle under the lithosphere.
d)
Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons.
2.
Where do Volcanoes form? (Pg.227)
a)
Hawaii.
b)
China.
c)
Plate Boundaries.
d)
Under the Earth.
3.
What is a Hot Spot? (Pg.228)
a)
Molten rock material that has been forced upward from deep inside the Earth.
b)
Number of wavelenghts that pass a given point.
c)
A hollow left on the surface of the Moon caused by an object striking.
d)
The first series of inner transition elements which goes from cerium to lutetium.
4.
What is driving Earth's plates? (Pg.231)
a)
Conduction Currents.
b)
Radiation Currents.
c)
Mantle Currents.
d)
Convergent Currents.
5.
Where do earthquakes occur? (Pg.229)
a)
Pacific Ring of fire.
b)
Missouri.
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Hawaii
6.
Why do Moving plates cause Earthquakes? (Pg.229)
a)
Because when tectonic plates come together at a convergent boundary,
b)
Because of air.
c)
Because of heat.
d)
Because of the temprature
7.
What is Convergent Plate Boundaries?
a)
Where plates slide together.
b)
Where plates slide apart.
c)
Where one plate goes under one another.
d)
Where one plates go over each other.
8.
What is a Rift? (Pg.227)
a)
A high-energy electron that comes from the nucleus.
b)
Rapid movement of excess charge from one place to another.
c)
Plates that slide apart and have long cracks.
d)
Force exerted on a machine.
9.
What makes up the Lithosphere? (Pg.226)
a)
Mantle.
b)
Inner core.
c)
The movement of Earth's crust and upper most mantle.
d)
Outer Core.
10.
How many Plates are they? (Pg.227)
a)
2
b)
5
c)
10
d)
4
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