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WorksheetsPlate Tectonic and Earthquake Epicenter
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you to do is ______.
A. call home
B. duck near a wall
C. get under the strongest table, chair, or other pieces of furniture
D. lie flat on the floor and cover your head with your hands
What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A. fault
B. fissure
C. fracture
D. plate
Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?
A. have the same thickness everywhere
B. include the crust and upper mantle
C. thickest in the mountain regions
D. vary in thickness
What do you think is one of the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates?
A. brightness of stars and formation of constellations in the sky
B. the cycle of high and low tides during full moon
C. the occurrence of earthquake.
D. the uneven distribution of heat in the globe
WHAT MAKES UP EARTH’S LITHOSPHERE?
A. crust and lower mantle
B. mantle and inner core
C. crust and upper mantle
D. mantle and outer core
Which is NOT TRUE about the location of the epicenter of earthquakes?
A. Some are located along the edges of the continents.
B. Most are located in mid-continents
C. Some are located in North Asia.
D. Some are located in oceans.
What should you NOT DO during an earthquake?
A. cover your head
B. duck under the table
C. park your car
D. run to a tall tree
Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift
B. Plate Tectonics
C. Seafloor Spreading
D. Titanic Theory
