WorksheetsSEA-Tech Earth, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the correct order of Earth's layers beginning with the hottest and most dense layer?
mantle, inner core, outer core, and crust
crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
outer core, mantle, inner core, and crust
What causes convection currents to move within the mantle?
Heat from the sun causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface
Heat from the core causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface
Heat from the sun causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface
Heat from the core causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface
Earth’s lithosphere is divided into _______________.
Continents
Landmasses
Plates
Countries
Alfred Wegener's theory states that the continents were once joined to form a supercontinent called.....
Bob
Jurrassic
Pangea
Neverland
Which of the following was not a piece of evidence used by Alfred Wegener to explain the Theory of Continental Drift?
Earthquake patterns
Similar mountain ranges and rock formations on different continents
The shape of the continents
Similar fossils on different continents
In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts along a...
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Rift Valley
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
The process in which an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate and into a trench at a convergent boundary is called...
Mid-ocean ridge
Subduction
Sublimation
Transform
The location where two tectonic plates slide pass each other in a horizontal motion
Divergent Boundary
Territorial Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
What happens when continental crust collides with other continental crust?
It forms mountains
It forms valley
It explodes
It subducts
What is the Asthenosphere made up of?
Solid metal
Soft rock that bends like putty
Hot Liquid
Rigid Rock
What does a Richter scale measure?
Where the focus of an earthquake is
The damage done by an earthquake
The length of an earthquake
The magnitude of the seismic waves
The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...
Focus
Epicenter
Underground
S-wave
Which wave is the fastest and can travel through all materials?
Surface wave
S-wave
P-wave
Ocean wave
Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?
Guadalajara, Mexico
Nome, Alaska
New York, NY
Wilmington, NC
In what order do the three types of seismic waves arrive at a seismograph?
P wave, Surface wave and S wave
P wave, S wave and Surface wave
P wave, Surface wave and Ocean wave
Surface wave, P wave and S wave
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of ___________ .
Fissure Volcano
Shield Volcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
Hot Spot Volcanos
What causes earthquakes?
Godzilla
The built up stress at plate boundaries being released.
Tsunamis
Earth's rotation
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is molten rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is molten rock underground.
Magma is a mixture of ash and rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is molten rock underground.
Lava is molten rock on the Earth's surface. While magma is molten rock underground.
Magma is a mixture of ash and rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is a mixture of ash and rock underground.
When a volcano is not currently active but able to become active in the future is called ___________________
Extinct
Hot-spot
Dormant
Sheild
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor is called __________________
Tsunami
Fault
Focus
Epicenter
Shield Volcanoes have a______ eruption
Explosive
Viscous
Mixed
Quiet
Which of the following is not a classification of volcano?
Altocumulus
Shield
Cinder Cone
Stratovalcano
The presence of large amounts of_________ in magma causes the magma to become more viscous.
Iron
Carbon Dioxide
water
silica
A huge hole left behind when a volcano collapses is a(an)
Mountain
Caldera
Cone
Fault
Rank in order from least explosive, viscous to most explosive, viscous the three main types of magma.
Felsic, Mafic & Andesitic
Andesitic, Felsic & Mafic
Mafic, Andesitic & Felsic
Felsic, Mafic & Andesitic
