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Review for earthquakes

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
2.
What fault has little up or down motion?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
3.
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
4.
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
a)
fracture
b)
fault
c)
joint
5.
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
6.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
7.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
8.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
9.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
10.
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.
a)
normal fault
b)
strike-slip fault
c)
reversynclinese fault
11.
What type of fault is the San Andreas?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Optimus Prime
d)
Divergent
12.

The intrusion is younger than layer Y.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Which part is the oldest?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

14.

Which letter represents an index fossil?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

The Hawaiian Islands are volcanic mountains that formed far from plate boundaries at a ______ ____________.

a)

ocean ridge

b)

normal fault

c)

hot spot

d)

coconut farm

16.

Downfolds or troughs in mountains are called ______________.

a)

anticlines

b)

Synclines

c)

Monoclines

17.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
18.
What is the name of the waves in which sound travels?
a)
pulling waves
b)
complementary waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
compression waves
19.
Area where air is pushed together by vibrations
a)
speed of sound
b)
compression
c)
pitch
d)
sound waves
20.
Measure of the distance from the point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.
a)
loudness
b)
wavelength
c)
compression
d)
pitch
21.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
22.
What is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
23.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Intensity
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
24.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a sudden release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
25.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

None of the above.

26.
The distribution of earthquakes on Earth’s surface is evidence that Earth’s crust is divided into ____.
a)
dishes
b)
oceans
c)
plates
d)
mantle
27.

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Underground

d)

Crust

28.
What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?
a)
lava
b)
fault
c)
focus
d)
magma
29.
What do you call waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly?
a)
thermal waves
b)
energy waves
c)
seismic waves
d)
 magma
30.
Where do many earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the Pacific Ocean?
a)
along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
along the Nazca Plate
c)
along the Ring of Fire
d)
near India
31.
What do you call melted rock once it hardens on the Earth's surface?
a)
focus
b)
magma
c)
lava
d)
seismic waves
32.
Which boundary presses together?
a)
sliding boundary
b)
converging boundary
c)
diverging boundary
d)
transform boundary
33.
When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?
a)
Divergent Plates
b)
Convergent Plates
c)
Transform Boundaries
d)
Mountain ranges
34.
Earthquakes occur along these.
a)
bedrock
b)
sandstone piles
c)
plate boundaries
d)
equatorial lines
35.
Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
This is the type of plate boundary when two plates run into each other or on top of each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
37.
This is the type of plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
38.

The huge pieces of the earth's crust that move around on top of the mantle are called ____________________________.

a)

oceanic crust

b)

tectonic plates

c)

geologic miracles

d)

seismographic slates

39.

Non-explosive, gently sloping volcano made of flat layers of lava

a)

Cinder cone

b)

Shield

c)

Composite

d)

Transform

40.

Theory that magma rises to surface at mid-ocean ridge & cools to form new seafloor

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Seafloor spreading

41.

Small, steep-sided volcanoes made of loosely packed layers of tephra, very explosive eruptions

a)

Cinder cone volcano

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Composite volcano

d)

Mauna Loa volcano

42.

Volcanoes having alternate layers of lava & tephra, have repeated explosive & non-explosive eruptions

a)

Composite volcano

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Cinder cone volcano

43.

A fan-shaped landform created by sediment being deposited at the mouth of a river.

a)

Delta

b)

Canyon

c)

U-Shaped Valley

d)

Sand Dunes

44.

Formed when water acts as an agent of weathering and erosion. The water breaks the rocks into sediment and carries the sediment away.

a)

U-Shaped Valley

b)

Sand Dunes

c)

Canyon

d)

Delta

45.

Formed by a glacier that carved a deep valley as it slowly moved forward.

a)

Delta

b)

Canyon

c)

U-Shaped Valley

d)

Sand Dunes

46.

A hill or ridge of sand, formed when wind erodes sand and deposits sand in new locations.

a)

Canyon

b)

Sand Dunes

c)

Delta

d)

U-Shaped Valley

47.
Shallow submarine plain (underwater).  Forms a border to a continent
a)
continental shelf
b)
isthmus
c)
canyon
d)
continental divide
48.
The outer most layer of earth is called what?
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
outer core
d)
mantle
49.
The movement of rock by wind is an example of _______.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
weathering
d)
earthquake
50.
When earthquakes, landslides, floods, and volcanoes erupt the Earth’s surface is going through a  ______ change.
a)
rapid
b)
slow
51.
When water carries soil to an area where it may sink and begin to build up is an example of _____.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
52.
Porosity refers to...
a)
the shape of the particles
b)
The sorting of the particles
c)
% of pore space in a material
d)
% of cement in a material
53.
The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer. 
a)
porosity
b)
permeability
c)
gradient
d)
divide
54.
The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.
a)
more mixed
b)
smaller
c)
larger
55.
A sponge has high porosity.  A rock can have it too.  Porosity is...
a)
the inability to hold water
b)
the ability to hold water
c)
allowing water to pass through
56.

Sound travels fastest in...

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

air

57.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
58.

Which of these is NOT a medium?

a)

light

b)

air

c)

wood

d)

metal

59.
A sound with a high frequency has a _____ pitch. A sound with a ____ frequency has a low pitch.
a)
high, low
b)
low, high
c)
medium, high
d)
high, medium
60.
Dan was sitting outside playing his new drum when his dog knocked some sand on it.  Afterwards, each time Dan thumped the drum, he noticed the sand on top of the drum bounced.  Which of the following is the best explanation for why this happened?  
a)
Sand moves easily on drums.
b)
Dan was thumping the drum too hard.
c)
Vibrations moved from the drum to the sand.
d)
Vibrations moved from the sand to the drum.
61.
Sound cannot travel through which of the following?
a)
empty space
b)
gas
c)
liquid
d)
solid
62.
Sound moves in a _________.
a)
Transverse wave
b)
Longitudinal wave
63.
Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are CLOSE together.
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
64.
Area of a longitudinal wave where particles are APART. 
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction

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