What is that word?
What's Shaking?
What are the layers?
Which Plate Boundary is this?
Why Planets are the way they are
100

The__________________________ is the first place on a fault that breaks in an earthquake.

The focus

100

This is a fracture in the Earth where movement has occurred in the past.

A fault

100

Mountains, valleys, plains are features of which layer?

Lithosphere

100

Which type of plate is thicker and less dense?

Continental plate

100

A planet made of metals and rocks is considered…

Terrestrial or Jovian

Terrestrial

200

__________________________ measures the size of seismic waves and the amount of ground shaking.

Intensity/amplitude

200

Why are earthquakes less intense farther from the focus?

Geometric Spreading

200

What is the force that powers plate tectonics?

Convection

200

Which type of plate is thinner and denser?

Which type of plate is thinner and denser?

200

A planet made of ice and gases is considered…

Terrestrial or Jovian

Jovian

300

The__________________________ is the place on the surface directly above where an earthquake happens.

epicenter

300

When an earthquake happens, which wave will arrive first?

The P-Wave

300

Give 2 pieces of evidence for plate tectonics?

  • Satellite data
  • Fossils
  • Age of the ocean floor
  • Outline of the continents like puzzle pieces
  • Mountain ranges/rock types
300

Which of the following is NOT true about Convergent Plate boundaries?

  • Convergent plate boundaries are constructive.
  • Convergent plates push against each other.
  • This is where plates are recycled.
  • These boundaries form volcanic arcs.

Convergent plate boundaries are constructive.

300

Which contributes more to making a planet larger?

  • What is made of.
  • How much material it is made of.

How much material it is made of

400

The ________________ wave has an up and down wave motion.

secondary

400

When an earthquake happens, which wave will have the greatest intensity?

The S-Wave

400

What is the layer of the crust that is semi-solid?

Asthenosphere

400

Which of the following is NOT true about Divergent Plate boundaries?

  • Divergent plates pull apart.
  • Divergent plate boundaries form oceans.
  • Divergent plate boundaries are constructive.
  • Divergent plate boundaries destroy crust.

Divergent plate boundaries destroy crust.

400

Which of the following was NOT caused by the solar wind?

  • The Terrestrial planets are smaller.
  • The Jovian planets are larger.
  • The proto star becomes the Sun.
  • Some planets are made of ice and gas.

The proto star becomes the Sun.

500

The _____________________ wave is the fastest wave.

primary

500

You work at an earthquake monitoring center, and you need to find the epicenter of a recent earthquake. If it takes 15 mins. to retrieve each piece of data. How long will it take you to find the epicenter?

45 mins.

500

Which layer is the "stone sphere"?

Lithosphere

500

If an oceanic plate and a continental plate were to converge, which plate would ride on top of the other plate?

The continental plate would ride on top of the oceanic plate.

500

Which of the following statements best describes how the planets of the solar system formed?

They formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.

The Sun captured them from smaller, older, nearby stars.

They are the remains of an exploded star once paired with the Sun.

They formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.

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