WorksheetsEarthquake & Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which seismogram represents a city that is farthest from the epicenter of an earthquake?
New York, NY
Nome, Alaska
Guadalajara, Mexico
All the earthquake waves that follow the main shaking of an earthquake
earthquake
S Wave
aftershock
P Wave
P waves travel faster than S waves
True
False
What is the outer most layer of the Earth called?
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Core
What type of boundary has plates sliding past in opposite directions?
converent
divergent
transform
What do we call a fracture or break in the Earth's outer layer?
Core
Fault
Ridge
Mantle
How do scientists know about the inner structure of Earth?
By studying the waves that come through
By making a guess
By digging to the core
By using radar
The merger of oceanic crust and continental crust usually forms a _______
divergent plate
tsunami
spring tide
trench
What did we call it when there was only one continent?
Multiverse
Eurasia
Richter
What happens inside the Earth to move the plates on the surface?
Convection Currents
Solar Radiation
Lunar Gravity
Tides
Which body wave moves side to side through the rock?
P-Wave
S-Wave
Tidal Wave
Oceanic Wave
What is the most dangerous part of an earthquake for humans?
Falling into cracks in the ground
Fires from broken gas lines
Shaking
Falling Material
The plates here are moving apart. What is this called?
Transform Plate Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Subduction.
Divergent Boundary
Indeterminate
If two continents collide, what feature do we normally see?
Mountains
Trenches
Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Seismograph
Which body wave goes straight through the rock?
P-Wave
S-Wave
Reverse Wave
Compund Wave
