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Earth Systems 6.E.2.2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcanism

c)

Wobbles

d)

Tension

2.

The release of material from under Earth's crust to its surface

a)

Tectonic Plate

b)

Seafloor Spreading

c)

Volcanic Eruption

d)

Enthusiastic Expulsions

3.

Large, brittle pieces of Earth's outer shell composed of crust and uppermost mantle.

a)

Crustal Plate

b)

Continental Plate

c)

Crust

d)

Lithospheric Plate

4.

A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Lithospheric Plate

c)

Oriental Plate

d)

Crustal Plate

5.

The study of earthquakes.

a)

Seismograph

b)

Seismology

c)

Seismoquake

d)

Geology

6.

A scientist who studies earthquakes.

a)

Geologist

b)

Seismograph

c)

Seismologist

d)

Seismometer

7.

What is frequency?

a)

The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time

b)

The amount of energy a wave carries

c)

The pitch/color of a sound/light wave

d)

The distance of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough

e)

The distance of a wave from crest to trough or vice versa

8.

How do mountains form?

a)

Blocks of rock are uplifted from normal faults.

b)

Molehills are scaled up by 100,000 times.

c)

You look upside-down at an open mine,

d)

Rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upwards.

e)
9.

An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust

a)

Syncline

b)

Anticline

c)

Incline

d)

Decline

10.

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.

a)

Crust

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Oceanic Plate

e)

None of the Above

11.

A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust

a)

Anticline

b)

Incline

c)

Recline

d)

Syncline

e)

None of the Above

12.

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

I am exasperated by the creator of this Quizizz for creating this!

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

Biosphere

13.

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake (general term)

a)

Surface waves

b)

S-waves

c)

Seismic waves

d)

P-waves

e)

None of the Above

14.

Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus

a)

Focus

b)

Epicenter

c)

Dangerous

d)

Fault

15.

The point under the surface of the Earth that is where the earthquake starts

a)

Focus

b)

Epicenter

c)

Origin

d)

Beginning

16.

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface

a)

Lava

b)

Eruption

c)

Volcano

d)

Trench

17.

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

a)

Force

b)

Stress

c)

Tension

d)

Love

18.

1st wave, travels the fastest, back-and-forth waves, move through solids, liquids, and gases

a)

Transverse

b)

Early Bird

c)

Compressional

d)

Primary

e)

Secondary

19.

Arrive second, Move side to side and up and down. Shakes buildings side to side.

a)

Compressional

b)

Transverse

c)

Primary

d)

Secondary

e)

Late Owl

20.

Type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface, shake back and forth and roll

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Compressional Wave

c)

Tertiary Wave

d)

Seismic Wave

e)

Surface Wave

21.

A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth

a)

Seismograph

b)

Seismologist

c)

Geologist

d)

Seismology

e)

None of the Above

22.

A smaller earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area

a)

Childquake

b)

Aftershock

c)

None of the Below

d)

Late Owl

e)

Newcomer

23.

A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake)

a)

Volcanic Wave

b)

A SeaWing.

c)

The creator is really, really annoying!

d)

Tsunami!

24.

Which of these is the Mercalli Scale?

a)

The expulsion of ash, cinders, bombs, and gases during an explosive volcanic eruption

b)

A scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.

c)

A scale that rates earthquakes according to their intensity and how much damage they cause at a particular place

d)

A scale that rates earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake