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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
What are the 4 main pieces of evidence that led scientists to identify the Jan 26, 1700 date for the last megathrust earthquake to hit Washington?
Clay, Earthquakes, Moons, and Fruit records
Japanese records, Ghost forests, Native American oral history, and sand layers
Native American history, mud layers, moon signals, and fruits
Mountain range evidence, forests, stars, and written records
An earthquake that occurs where the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American plate are locked up would be what type of Pacific Northwest earthquake?
Subduction zone/megathrust quakes
Deep earthquakes
Shallow fault quakes
Hathgrew quakes
An earthquake 100km deep in the Cascadia Subduction Zone where the subducting Juan de Fuca plate cracks would be what type of Pacific Northwest earthquake?
Subduction zone quake
Deep quake
Hathgrew quake
Shallow fault quakes
An earthquake on the Seattle Fault Zone would be what type of Pacific Northwest earthquake?
Shallow fault quakes
Deep quakes
Hathgrew quake
Subduction zone quake
Which type of rock incorporates deposition, compaction, and cementation?
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Sediment
What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are moving side by side?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Who is known as the “Father of Plate Tectonics?”
Freddy Maker
Alfred Wegener
Jhonesen Graphler
Kaho Babylon
What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are colliding and one is diving below the other?
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries
What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are moving apart from each other?
Transform boundaries
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
What process drives plate tectonics below the earth's surface?
Convection currents
Subduction zone
Tranform boundaries
When an oceanic plate slides below a continental plate, the oceanic plate bends downward. This creates what type of structure at the edge of the plate boundary?
Oceanic trench
Transform boundary
Shallow fault
Subduction zone
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there is a divergent plate boundary. This line that goes from north of Iceland to the Antarctic is known as the: In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there is a divergent plate boundary. This line that goes from north of Iceland to the Antarctic is known as the:
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Juan de Fuca Ridge
Mountains underneath the sea
Name the 7 main tectonic plates.
(a)
Which type of crust is thinner?
Oceanic
Continental
Which type of crust is denser?
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
The earth's surface is made of which two different types of crusts?
Cinentic and Memetic
Continetal and Oceanic
Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur throughout the world?
No specific spot
Iceland
Ring of Fire
What event provides scientists the waves to study the interior of the earth?
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcano eruptions
The area where the Juan de Fuca Plate slides below the North American Plate is known as the:
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Slip fault zone
San Andres Fault
The spot directly on the earth's surface above the origin of an earthquake is known as the:
Focus
Epicenter
Which type of seismic wave reaches the epicenter first?
Surface waves
P-waves
S-waves
A person that studies earthquakes is called a(n):
Geologist
Seismologist
Biologist
Geographic engineer
Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a fault are known as a(n):
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquake
Tsunami
What type of rock is basalt?
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Extrusive Igneous Rock
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
The rock was formed just outside of the Earth's crust and made of cooled lava or magma that escaped from the Earth
The rock was formed beneath the Earth when magma cooled and solidified inside
The rock was formed from tumbling in the ocean for long periods of time
Intrusive igneous rock is....
a type of igneous rock that was formed inside the earth from the cooling of magma
a type of igneous rock that was formed by lava/escaped magma outside the earth.
Which one of these is a sedimentary rock? (may be multiple)
Congloromate
Limestone
Marble
Granite
In this list, what are metamorphic rocks?
Granite
Quartzite
Basalt
Marble
In this list, what rocks are igneous?
Marble
Granite
Quartz
Basalt
Which layer of the earth has the most volume?
The crust
The mantle
The inner core
The outer core
Which layer is a liquid made up of mostly iron and nickel?
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
Why is the inner core liquid but the outer solid?
Too much pressure in the inner core to melt
Cooling vents make it cold
It's not, it is a hoax
Which comes first, the asthenosphere or lithosphere?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Describe convection currents
What is the name of the plate boundary where two plates are colliding and one is diving below the other?
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries
