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Transform Plate Boundary Exam Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this image of?

a)

Divergent Plate Boundary

b)

Transform Plate Boundary (San Andreas Fault)

c)

Convergent Plate Boundary

2.

Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

ocean tides

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

the moon's gravity

3.

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

a)

Transform / Earthquakes

b)

Subduction / Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado / Rain

d)

Mountain Building / Volcanism

4.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
5.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
6.

Approximately 90% of the seismic energy released by all earthquakes everywhere on Earth is released along which type of tectonic plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

7.

What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of quicksand?

a)

Aftershock

b)

Liquefaction

c)

Seismic Gap

d)

Tsunami

8.

Seismic waves tend grow larger and slow down as they encounter which type of ground material? (multi-select)

a)

Solid rock

b)

Soil

c)

Sand

d)

Bedrock

9.

In high earthquake risk areas, structures should be built on solid bedrock.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What factors will affect the amount of damage sustained during an earthquake? (multi-select)

a)

Magnitude of the earthquake

b)

Direction the earthquake is coming from

c)

Ground material the earthquake is traveling through

d)

Materials used to construct building in the earthquake affected area

e)

Duration of the earthquake

11.

Earthquake-related computer models allow communities to make informed decisions about where to build and how to construct buildings to withstand ground movement in the event of an earthquake.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Using earthquake-related computer models, scientists can predict the magnitude and time an earthquake will occur.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Earthquake waves are detected, measured, and recorded by instruments called

a)

Chronometers.

b)

Seismographs.

c)

Richter scales.

d)

oscilloscopes.

14.

All of the following are reasons some buildings are damaged more than others during an earthquake EXCEPT....

a)

The strength of the building materials.

b)

How close the building was to the earthquake's epicenter.

c)

What type of soil the building sat on.

d)

The people living inside of the building.

e)

The design of the building.