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Alaska Diagnostic--Subduction, Earthquakes, and Reproduction

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?
a)
Richter scale
b)
moment magnitude scale
c)
Mercalli scale
d)
modified Mercalli scale
2.
Which type of seismic waves cause the most damage?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
d)
tsunami waves
3.
What is an epicenter? 
a)
Where an earthquake started
b)
The surface right above where an earthquake started 
4.
What is a convergent boundary?
a)
When two plates move away from each other.
b)
When two plates move toward each other.
5.
The epicenter of an earthquake is
a)
The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
b)
The seismic station closest to the earthquake
c)
The place where the greatest damage occurs
d)
The point on the surface directly above the focus
6.
Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
7.
Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.
a)
tornadoes
b)
tsunamis
c)
lightening
d)
hailstorms
8.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

None of the above.

9.

This plate boundary is......?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

d)

Rift Zone

10.

This plate boundary is......?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

d)

Rift Zone

11.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
12.

The Richter scale measures:

a)

the amount of radon gas released

b)

the movement of plates

c)

the energy of an earthquake

d)

the weight of tectonic plates

13.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

14.
A  line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Aleutian Islands
c)
Hawaiian Islands
d)
Caribbean Islands
15.
Which is subducted in an ocean-continental convergent boundary?
a)
continental plate
b)
oceanic plate
16.

Which statement reflects a way in which asexual reproduction is beneficial? Select all that apply.

a)

It results in genetic variation.

b)

It requires a lot of time and energy.

c)

Organisms can reproduce without a mate.

d)

It is a much quicker process.

17.

Where does an offspring get its DNA in asexual reproduction?

a)

from both parents

b)

from only one parent

c)

from neither parent

18.

Sexual reproduction requires ______ parent(s) and asexual reproduction requires ______ parent(s).

a)

one, one

b)

two, two

c)

two, one

d)

one, two

19.
What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
Allows genetic variation
b)
Only needs one parent
c)
Happens very quickly
d)
Offspring are exact copies of parent
20.

How much genetic material is provided by the parents in sexual reproduction?

a)

0% from each

b)

25% from each

c)

50% from each

d)

100% from each

21.

What do you call the cell that forms from fertilization?

a)

fertilized egg

b)

sperm cell

c)

zygote

d)

egg cell

22.
What is a characteristic of sexual reproduction?
a)
diverse offspring
b)
identical offspring
c)
faster than asexual reproduction
d)
requires no energy
23.
Compare & Contrast
 Sexual VS Asexual
a)
both only require one parent
b)
sexual creates diverse offspring, and asexual makes uniform
c)
sexual reproduction have larger populations
d)
both require no special cells
24.

Type of asexual reproduction when one plant grows new plants

a)

vegetative propagation

b)

budding

c)

regeneration

d)

binary fission

25.

Which of the following is formed at Continent- Continent convergent boundaries?

a)

Volcanic Mountains

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Non-volcanic Mountain Ranges

d)

Both volcanoes and earthquakes

26.

Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)

None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent

27.

What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

a)

Deep oceanic trenches

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Coastal Volcanic Mountains

d)

Both mountains and volcanoes

28.

At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

a)

Continent- continent Convergent

b)

Transform boundaries

c)

Subduction zones

d)

All convergent boundaries

29.

Which is an example of a plate boundary which has formed the Himalayas Mountain Range (home of Mt. Everest!) ?

a)

Ocean- continent convergent boundary

b)

Ocean- Ocean convergent boundary

c)

Continent - continent Convergent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

30.

Which of the following is the photo which formed JAPAN- a volcanic island arc?

a)
b)
c)
31.

Which plate is the SUBDUCTING or sinking plate in a convergent boundary?

a)

The dense oceanic plate

b)

The Thick continental plate

c)

Neither

d)

Both ocean and continental plate can sink.

32.

Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Same

33.

At which of the following boundaries is CRUST neither created OR destroyed- it is just reformed?

a)

Ocean- continent boundary

b)

Ocean- ocean continent boundary

c)

Continent- continent boundary

d)

Divergent Boundary

34.

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells.

a)

cloning

b)

budding

c)

binary fission

d)

regeneration

e)

vegetative reproduction

35.

Which types of organisms typically reproduce by fission?

a)

hydra

b)

bacteria

c)

planaria

d)

plants

e)

all of these

36.

When a new organism grows a piece of the parent falling off and becoming a new organism.

a)

budding

b)

fission

c)

regeneration

d)

vegetative reproduction

e)

mitotic cell division

37.

Occurs when an animal offspring grows from a piece of its parent.

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

mitotic cell division

d)

regeneration

e)

vegetative

38.

A form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant.

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

regeneration

d)

vegetative reproduction

e)

cloning

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