WorksheetsPlate tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
It is a method that uses distance information determined from 3 seismic stations to uniquely locate the earthquake.
Rectangular method
Triangulation method
Wedge method
Seismic method
It is the theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
Continental Drift
Seafloor Spreading
Plate tectonics
Elastic-Rebound
It is a point directly above the focus.
Hypocenter
Seismic point
Wave
Epicenter
It is a backpack or duffel bag filled with survival essentials you can grab and take with you when disaster strikes.
Emergency Go Bag
First Aid Kit
Rescue bag
Medical bag
In determining the location of an earthquake, you will be needing data from ____ seismic stations.
1
2
3
4
How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with distribution of earthquake epicenters and volcanoes?
Mountain ranges are located away from the volcanoes and earthquake epicenter.
Mountain ranges are found in the places where volcanoes only are located.
. Mountain ranges are found in the places where earthquake epicenters only are located.
Mountain ranges are found in the places where earthquake epicenters and volcanoes are located.
These are pieces of the upper few hundred kilometres of earth that move as a single unit as it floats above the mantle.
rocks
volcanoes
plates
mountains
These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, magma movement, large landslides and large man-made explosions that give out low-frequency acoustic energy.
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
Seismic waves
Electromagnetic waves
It is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
Earthquake
Tsunami
Typhoon
Landslide
Which of the following does not play a vital role with regard to Plate tectonics?
mountain ranges
volcanoes
earthquake epicenters
none of the above
