Atmosphere
Where does the internal forces that shape the Earth's surface begin?
A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Biosphere
D) Hydrosphere
A) Lithosphere
What is the fracture in the earth's crust called?
A) Boundary
B) Movement
C) Fold
D) Fault
D) Fault
What type of boundary occurs when the plates slide past each other?
A) Divergent
B) Convergent
C) Transform
C) Transform
What uses information collected by seismographs to determine the relative strength of an earthquake?
A) Seismograph
B) Richter Scale
C) Divergent Boundary
D) Fault Line
B) Richter Scale
What does the gravitational pull of the moon or sun cause in the ocean?
A) Tides
B) Waves
A) Tides
What is the solid rock portion of the Earth's surface?
A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Biosphere
D) Hydrosphere
A) Lithosphere
What are enormous moving pieces of the earth's lithosphere?
A) Fractures
B) Divergent Boundaries
C) Tectonic Plates
D) Upper Mantle
C) Tectonic Plates
All of the following are types of boundaries EXCEPT--
A) Divergent
B) Subduction
C) Convergent
D) Transform
B) Subduction
What occurs when plates grind or slip past each other at a fault?
A) Earthquake
B) Volcano
C) Hurricane
D) Tornado
A) Earthquake
What covers 71% of our planet?
A) Land
B) Oceans
C) Continents
D) Rivers
B) Oceans
What is made up of the water elements of the Earth?
A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Biosphere
D) Hydrosphere
D) Hydrosphere
Tectonic plates move in all 4 ways EXCEPT----
A) Spreading
B) Subduction
C) Collision
D) Sliding
E) Melting
E) Melting
What type of boundary happens when the plates move apart?
A) Divergent
B) Convergent
C) Transform
A) Divergent
What is the location in the earth where an earthquake begins called?
A) Focus
B) Eye
C) Fault
D) Fold
A) Focus
Who created the continental drift theory (Pangaea)?
A) Francis Bacon
B) Alfred Wegener
B) Alfred Wegener
What is the part of the earth that plants and animals live?
What is made up of the water elements of the Earth?
A) Lithosphere
B) Atmosphere
C) Biosphere
D) Hydrosphere
C) Biosphere
What is the theory that the Earth was once a supercontinent that divided and slowly drifted apart after millions of years?
A) Continental Shift
B) Utopia
C) Continental Separation
D) Continental Diviation
A) Continental Shift
What type of boundary occurs when the plates collide?
A) Divergent
B) Convergent
C) Transform
B) Convergent
What measures the size of the wave created by an earthquake?
A) Seismograph
B) Richter Scale
C) Focus
D) Boundary
A) Seismograph
What is a giant wave in the ocean?
Tsunami
Name the three main spheres that we talked about:
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
What are the layers of the Earth? (5 total)
Inner Core
Outer Core
Lower Mantle
Upper Mantle
Crust
What Ocean runs along the western coast of the United States?
What Ocean runs along the eastern coast of the United States?
Eastern coast: Atlantic
In what country was the largest ever reading on the Richter Scale?
Chile
Name all 8 planets in our solar system:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune