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Earthquakes And History Of The Earth
Test Description: This test is vocab about Earth Science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy?
A
Hurricanes
B
Tornados
C
Earthquakes
D
Tsunamis
2) What is the place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
A
Focus
B
epicenter
C
seismic center
D
seismic waves
3) What is the area on Earth's surface directly above the focus?
A
seismic center
B
epicenter
C
focus
D
seismic waves
4) What is a break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move?
A
crack
B
intrusion
C
break
D
fault
5) Which type of fault occur at divergent boundaries and commonly result when tension pulls rock apart?
A
Earth Fault
B
Strike Slip Fault
C
Reverse Fault
D
Normal Fault
6) Which type of fault occur at convergent boundaries and commonly result when compression squeezes rock together?
A
Normal Fault
B
Earth Fault
C
Strike Slip Fault
D
Reverse Fault
7) Which type of fault occur at transform boundaries and commonly result from shear stress causing two blocks of rock to move past each other in opposite directions?
A
Reverse Fault
B
Strike Slip Fault
C
Transform Fault
D
Normal Fault
8) What is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock?
A
historical remains
B
organism remains
C
Fossil
D
Trace Fossil
9) What is a fossilized structure that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity on or in soft sediment?
A
trace fossil
B
historical remains
C
track
D
Fossil
10) What is determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events (especially rock layers)?
A
Fossil Dating
B
Rock Dating
C
Absolute Dating
D
Relative Dating
11) What is the principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed?
A
Law of Superposition
B
Law of Crosscutting Relationships
C
Law of Rock Age
D
Law of Fossil
12) What is the principle that states that a rock that is cutting through any other rock, is younger than the rock layer that it cuts through?
A
Law of Superposition
B
Law of Crosscutting Relationships
C
Law of Fossilization
D
Law of Relative Dating
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