6th Grade Chapter 9 Lesson 1 Quiz Review Question Preview (ID: 36687)


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Plate boundaries tending to move toward one point or approaching each other
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d)

Causes vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth’s lithosphere
a) mantle
b) volcano
c) earthquake
d)

Location directly above the focus of an earthquake
a) richter scale
b) epicenter
c) magnitude
d)

A break in Earth’s lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another
a) tectonic
b) fault
c) crust
d)

The location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate
a) focus
b) epicenter
c) richter scale
d)

The fastest-moving type of seismic wave; causes particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion
a) Surface Wave
b) Secondary Wave (S-wave)
c) Primary Wave (P-wave)
d)

This wave causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels
a) Surface Wave
b) Secondary Wave (S-wave)
c) Primary Wave (P-Wave)
d)

Seismic waves travel as vibrations on and in Earth
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

This measures and records ground motion and the distance and direction seismic waves travel
a) seismometer
b) richter scale
c) earthquake barometer
d)

The most destructive waves that causes particles in the ground to move up and down, similar to ocean waves
a) Surface Waves
b) Secondary Waves (S-waves)
c) Primary Waves (P-waves)
d)

This fault occurs at transform boundary locations; two rocks slide past each other
a) Strike-slip
b) Normal
c) Reverse
d)

This fault occurs at divergent plate; forces pull two blocks of rock apart. A block of rock moves downward at the fault
a) Strike-slip
b) Normal
c) Reverse
d)

This fault occurs at convergent plate boundaries; forces push two blocks of rock together. A block of rock moves up
a) Strike-slip
b) Normal
c) Reverse
d)

This scale measures an earthquake's magnitude using the amount of ground motion at a given distance from an earthquake.
a) Modified Mercalli scale
b) Richter scale
c) Earthquake barometer
d)

This scale measures the damage done by an earthquake based on descriptions of its effects on people and structures.
a) Modified Mercalli scale
b) Richter scale
c) Earthquake barometer
d)

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