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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
Earthquakes
B
Hurricanes
C
Tsunamis
D
Tornados
2) What is the place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
A
epicenter
B
Focus
C
seismic waves
D
seismic center
3) What is the area on Earth's surface directly above the focus?
A
focus
B
seismic center
C
epicenter
D
seismic waves
4) What is a break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move?
A
crack
B
break
C
intrusion
D
fault
5) Which type of fault occur at divergent boundaries and commonly result when tension pulls rock apart?
A
Reverse Fault
B
Normal Fault
C
Strike Slip Fault
D
Earth Fault
6) Which type of fault occur at convergent boundaries and commonly result when compression squeezes rock together?
A
Earth Fault
B
Reverse Fault
C
Strike Slip Fault
D
Normal 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
Normal Fault
B
Reverse Fault
C
Transform Fault
D
Strike Slip Fault
8) What is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock?
A
organism remains
B
historical remains
C
Trace Fossil
D
Fossil
9) What is a fossilized structure that formed in sedimentary rock by animal activity on or in soft sediment?
A
historical remains
B
track
C
trace fossil
D
Fossil
10) What is determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events (especially rock layers)?
A
Rock Dating
B
Absolute Dating
C
Relative Dating
D
Fossil 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 Crosscutting Relationships
B
Law of Superposition
C
Law of Fossil
D
Law of Rock Age
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 Fossilization
B
Law of Crosscutting Relationships
C
Law of Superposition
D
Law of Relative Dating
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