WorksheetsEarth Systems 6.E.2.2
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 9mins
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
Earthquake
Volcanism
Wobbles
Tension
The release of material from under Earth's crust to its surface
Tectonic Plate
Seafloor Spreading
Volcanic Eruption
Enthusiastic Expulsions
Large, brittle pieces of Earth's outer shell composed of crust and uppermost mantle.
Crustal Plate
Continental Plate
Crust
Lithospheric Plate
A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
Lithosphere
Lithospheric Plate
Oriental Plate
Crustal Plate
The study of earthquakes.
Seismograph
Seismology
Seismoquake
Geology
A scientist who studies earthquakes.
Geologist
Seismograph
Seismologist
Seismometer
What is frequency?
The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
The amount of energy a wave carries
The pitch/color of a sound/light wave
The distance of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough
The distance of a wave from crest to trough or vice versa
How do mountains form?
Blocks of rock are uplifted from normal faults.
Molehills are scaled up by 100,000 times.
You look upside-down at an open mine,
Rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upwards.
An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
Syncline
Anticline
Incline
Decline
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
Crust
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Oceanic Plate
None of the Above
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust
Anticline
Incline
Recline
Syncline
None of the Above
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
Lithosphere
I am exasperated by the creator of this Quizizz for creating this!
Asthenosphere
Biosphere
Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake (general term)
Surface waves
S-waves
Seismic waves
P-waves
None of the Above
Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
Focus
Epicenter
Dangerous
Fault
The point under the surface of the Earth that is where the earthquake starts
Focus
Epicenter
Origin
Beginning
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
Lava
Eruption
Volcano
Trench
A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
Force
Stress
Tension
Love
1st wave, travels the fastest, back-and-forth waves, move through solids, liquids, and gases
Transverse
Early Bird
Compressional
Primary
Secondary
Arrive second, Move side to side and up and down. Shakes buildings side to side.
Compressional
Transverse
Primary
Secondary
Late Owl
Type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface, shake back and forth and roll
Transverse Wave
Compressional Wave
Tertiary Wave
Seismic Wave
Surface Wave
A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth
Seismograph
Seismologist
Geologist
Seismology
None of the Above
A smaller earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
Childquake
Aftershock
None of the Below
Late Owl
Newcomer
A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)
Volcanic Wave
A SeaWing.
The creator is really, really annoying!
Tsunami!
Which of these is the Mercalli Scale?
The expulsion of ash, cinders, bombs, and gases during an explosive volcanic eruption
A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
A scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause at a particular place
A scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake
