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Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes/Volcanoes Review Game
Test Description: Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes/Volcanoes Review Game
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the center of an earthquake on the Earth's surface?
A
focus
B
quakecenter
C
seismogram
D
epicenter
2) The _______________ is the outermost layer of the Earth where the tectonic plates are? It is made up of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
A
outer core
B
mesosphere
C
lithosphere
D
asthenosphere
3) Rock fragments created by explosive volcanic eruptions are called
A
composites
B
pyroclastic material
C
tectonic material
D
strata
4) What is a break in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of the crust slide?
A
fault
B
fold
C
stress
D
seismos
5) What is the theory, created by Wegener, that continents can drift apart from one another?
A
Plate Tectonics
B
Continental Drift
C
Drifting Tectonics
D
Geology
6) A shield volcano is
A
built out of layers of lava from repeated nonexplosive eruptions.
B
steep and has a narrow base.
C
made entirely of pyroclastic material from moderately explosive eruptions.
D
made by explosive eruptions of pyroclastic material followed by quieter outpourings of lava.
7) What type of boudary is created when two tectonic plates push together or collide?
A
normal
B
transform
C
divergent
D
convergent
8) What type of fault is created from divergent motions, is usually weak, and has a shallow focus?
A
strike slip
B
transform
C
reverse
D
normal
9) A crater is
A
a funnel shaped pit at the top of a vent of a volcano.
B
a large circular depression formed when a magma chamber, that supplies material to a volcano, empties and its roof collapses.
C
rock fragments created by explosive volcanic eruptions.
D
when two tectonic plates move away from one another.
10) These seismic waves move side to side, occur second, and cannot travel through liquids.
A
Tidal waves
B
P-waves (pressure or primary)
C
S-waves (shear or secondary)
D
Surface waves
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