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SEA-Tech Earth, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the correct order of Earth's layers beginning with the hottest and most dense layer?

a)

mantle, inner core, outer core, and crust

b)

crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core

c)

inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust

d)

outer core, mantle, inner core, and crust

2.

What causes convection currents to move within the mantle?

a)

Heat from the sun causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface

b)

Heat from the core causes material to become less dense and rise towards the surface

c)

Heat from the sun causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface

d)

Heat from the core causes material to become more dense and rise towards the surface

3.

Earth’s lithosphere is divided into _______________.

a)

Continents

b)

Landmasses

c)

Plates

d)

Countries

4.

Alfred Wegener's theory states that the continents were once joined to form a supercontinent called.....

a)

Bob

b)

Jurrassic

c)

Pangea

d)

Neverland

5.

Which of the following was not a piece of evidence used by Alfred Wegener to explain the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Earthquake patterns

b)

Similar mountain ranges and rock formations on different continents

c)

The shape of the continents

d)

Similar fossils on different continents 

6.

In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts along a...

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

7.

The process in which an oceanic plate sinks beneath a continental plate and into a trench at a convergent boundary is called...

a)

Mid-ocean ridge

b)


Subduction

c)


Sublimation

d)

Transform

8.

The location where two tectonic plates slide pass each other in a horizontal motion

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Territorial Boundary

c)

Convergent Boundary

d)

Transform Boundary

9.

What happens when continental crust collides with other continental crust?

a)

It forms mountains

b)

It forms valley

c)

It explodes

d)

It subducts

10.

What is the Asthenosphere made up of?

a)

Solid metal

b)

Soft rock that bends like putty

c)

Hot Liquid

d)

Rigid Rock

11.

What does a Richter scale measure?

a)

Where the focus of an earthquake is

b)

The damage done by an earthquake

c)

The length of an earthquake

d)


The magnitude of the seismic waves

12.

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Focus

b)

Epicenter

c)

Underground

d)

S-wave

13.

Which wave is the fastest and can travel through all materials?

a)

Surface wave

b)

S-wave

c)

P-wave

d)

Ocean wave

14.

Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

Guadalajara, Mexico

b)

Nome, Alaska

c)


New York, NY

d)

Wilmington, NC

15.

In what order do the three types of seismic waves arrive at a seismograph?

a)

P wave, Surface wave and S wave

b)

P wave, S wave and Surface wave

c)

P wave, Surface wave and Ocean wave

d)

Surface wave, P wave and S wave

16.

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of ___________ .

a)

Fissure Volcano

b)

Shield Volcano

c)

Cinder Cone Volcano

d)

Hot Spot Volcanos

17.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

Godzilla

b)

The built up stress at plate boundaries being released.

c)

Tsunamis

d)

Earth's rotation

18.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

a)

Magma is molten rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is molten rock underground.

b)

Magma is a mixture of ash and rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is molten rock underground.

c)

Lava is molten rock on the Earth's surface. While magma is molten rock underground.

d)

Magma is a mixture of ash and rock on the Earth's surface. While Lava is a mixture of ash and rock underground.

19.

When a volcano is not currently active but able to become active in the future is called ___________________

a)

Extinct

b)

Hot-spot

c)

Dormant

d)

Sheild

20.

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor is called __________________

a)

Tsunami

b)

Fault

c)

Focus

d)

Epicenter

21.

Shield Volcanoes have a______ eruption

a)

Explosive

b)

Viscous

c)

Mixed

d)

Quiet

22.

Which of the following is not a classification of volcano?

a)

Altocumulus

b)

Shield

c)

Cinder Cone

d)

Stratovalcano

23.

The presence of large amounts of_________ in magma causes the magma to become more viscous.

a)

Iron

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

water

d)

silica

24.

A huge hole left behind when a volcano collapses is a(an)

a)

Mountain

b)

Caldera

c)

Cone

d)

Fault

25.

Rank in order from least explosive, viscous to most explosive, viscous the three main types of magma.

a)

Felsic, Mafic & Andesitic

b)

Andesitic, Felsic & Mafic

c)

Mafic, Andesitic & Felsic

d)

Felsic, Mafic & Andesitic