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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which wave is a transverse wave?
A
longitudinal
B
P wave
C
electromagnetic
D
S wave
2) Which wave is a longitudinal wave?
A
P wave
B
longitudinal
C
electromagnetic
D
S wave
3) What kind of boundary occurs between two plates moving toward one another?
A
divergent
B
torsional
C
convergent
D
transform
4) What kind of boundary occurs between two plates sliding by one another?
A
transform
B
torsional
C
convergent
D
divergent
5) P waves travel faster then S waves
A
False
B
True
6) Only P waves travel through the Mantle
A
False
B
True
7) Only P waves travel through the inner core.
A
Fasle
B
True
8) Only P waves travel through liquids.
A
True
B
False
9) When P waves leave the mantle and enter the outer core, they...
A
Get absorbed
B
Speed up
C
Slow down
10) Which waves will reach a seismic station first?
A
Both reach at the same time
B
S waves
C
P waves
11) Compared to oceanic crust, continental crust is...
A
thicker, with a more dense basaltic composition
B
thinner, with a less dense granitic composition
C
thinner, with a more dense basaltic composition
D
thicker, with a less dense granitic composition
12) The first waves to arrive at any location from the epicenter is...
A
S wave
B
L wave
C
P wave
D
Both P and S waves
13) What is the inner most part of the Earth?
A
Crust
B
Mantle
C
Outer Core
D
Inner Core
14) What layer of the Earth surrounds the inner core?
A
inner core
B
Outer core
C
Mantle
D
Crust
15) Which layer of earth is closest to Earth's crust?
A
Inner core
B
outer core
C
upper mantle
D
lower mantle
16) What is the layer of earth that all organisms live on?
A
lower mantle
B
outer core
C
crust
D
inner core
17) What is the Lithosphere?
A
the inner and outer core
B
the outer core and crust
C
the whole mantle
D
the crust and upper mantle
18) What is the asthenosphere?
A
the crust and mantle
B
the mantle
C
the core
D
the layer below the lithosphere
19) What is the Contenintal crust?
A
plates below the continents
B
plates below the core
C
plates below the ocean
D
plates below the mantle
20) What are convection currents?
A
hot magma moving up the down because of heating
B
Hot magma moving side to side because of heating
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