Inside the Earth by Mrs. Any

Plate Tectonics

100

•Many pieces of crust, called plates, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. The plates rest on Earth’s:_________

mantle

200

•True or False…

Some plates contain mostly continental crust. Others contain mostly oceanic crust. Many are made of a combination of two

True

300

•Multiple choice:

These are three of the largest tectonic plates:

A.Nazca Plate, Cocos Plate, Scotia Plate

B. Australian Plate, African Plate, Indian Plate

C. Pacific Plate, African Plate, North American Plate

C. Pacific plate, African Plate, North American plate

400

North America and Europe are moving away from each other about 19 mm each year. In 15 years, about how much farther apart will they be than they are today?

A.265mm

B.285mm

C.435mm

D.365 mm

B.285mm

500

Name two different kinds of crust and tell where they can be found

a. Continental crust - found in the continents

b. Oceanic crust - found in the oceans 

Plate Boundaries

100

•Different types of plate motion produce boundaries that shape different land forms. List the three types of boundaries:

•Divergent

•Convergent

•Transform

200

•Explain what is a convergent boundary.

A convergent boundary is the movement of two continental plates that crash or move together.

300

•The North American plate and the Eurasian plate are separating… what kind of land form is it becoming? 

A.Mountain

B.Rift

C.Fault

D.None of the above

B. Rift

400

•San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of boundary

Transform boundary

500

This mountain range in Asia includes the world's highest mountain peaks, and are still growing.

The Himalayas

Earthquakes

100

•It is a break in Earth´s crust where rock can slide past other rock:__________

Fault

200

•True or False…

  The strongest surface point of an earthquake is the focus.

False

The epicenter is the strongest surface point of an earthquake.

300

•Scientists use a device called Seismograph to…

Measure seismic waves

400

•Explain the differences between the Richter scale and the Magnitude scale

•The Richter scale uses the size of waves on a seismograph and the magnitude scale uses a mathematical formula to calculate the energy.

500

About how many earthquakes measuring below 2.0 on the Richter scale occur every day.

A. 6,000

B. 8,000

C. 10,000

D. None of the above

B. 8,000

Volcanoes

100

•Define volcano in your own words…

•A volcano is an opening in Earth’s crust where magma can reach the surface.

200

•The liquid rock below Earth’s crust is called:

A.Lava

B.Hot melted rock

C.Magma

Magma

300

•There are different types of volcanoes:

A.Shield, Cinder Cone, Compulsive

B.Explosive, non explosive

C.Composite, Shield, Cinder Cone

C.Composite, Shield, Cinder Cone

400

•Why do you think vocanoes are important for scientists ?

•They help them discover what is inside the earth

500

Which is an example of a cinder cone volcano?

A. Mount St. Helen in USA

B. Cocoro in the Philippines 

C. Paricutin in Mexico

D. Mount Fuji in Japan 

C. Paracutin in Mexico

Vocabulary

100

The strongest surface point of an earthquake

Epicenter

200

Contains most of the Earth's mass

Mantle

300

_{The amount of energy that an earth quake releases} 

Magnitude 

400

Pieces of the Earth's crust move in a process called the ______________.

Plate Tectonics theory

500

The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of ____________________.

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