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100
This is a slab of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle.
What is tectonic plate?
100
Most earthquakes occur A) along tectonic plate boundaries B) near the center of tectonic plates C) in Earth's mantle D) in Earth's core
What is A) along tectonic plate boundaries
100
In the middle of tectonic plates, volcanoes may form over A) hot spots B) cooling centers C) oceanic-continental collision zones
What is A) hot spots
100
This type of volcano is shaped like a broad, flat dome.
What is a shield volcano?
100
This is the state bird of Wisconsin.
What is the robin (the American Robin)?
200
What are the Earth's 4 layers, from CENTER to SURFACE?
What is inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
200
Earthquakes release energy in the form of A) seismic waves B) faults C) stress lines D) seismograms
What is A) seismic waves
200
Which best describes a pyroclastic flow? A) very hot solids and gases that flow down a volcano B) ash, cinders, and bombs that flow down a volcano C) very hot solids and gases that collect in a magma chamber
What is A) very hot solids and gases that flow down a volcano
200
This is the name of the supercontinent formed by all of the current continents being connected, millions of years ago.
What is Pangaea?
200
He is the all-time points leader in the NBA.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
300
Scientists think that the main driving force of plate tectonics is A) ridge push B) slab pull C) convection in the lithosphere D) convection in the asthenosphere
What is D) convection in the asthenosphere
300
The point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake is the earthquake's A) aftershock B) epicenter C) focus D) seismic station
What is B) epicenter
300
The type of magma/lava erupting from a volcano determines the volcano's A) size B) age C) shape D) location
What is C) shape
300
This is why scientists monitor volcanoes.
What is to predict when future eruptions might occur.
300
This is the official birthstone for March.
What is aquamarine?
400
Which of these did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift? A) similar rocks/fossils on different continents B) sea-floor spreading C) convection currents in the lithosphere
What is A) similar rocks/fossils on different continents
400
About 80% of all earthquakes occur in a belt around the A) Pacific Ocean B) San Andreas Fault C) North American Plate D) African Rift Valley
What is A) Pacific Ocean
400
List the rock fragments released by a volcano in order from smallest to largest.
What is Ash, Cinders, Bombs.
400
These are the three kinds of seismic waves.
What are P-waves (primary), S-waves (secondary), and surface waves
400
This popular cookie was introduced in 1912.
What is Oreo?
500
Studies of the ocean floor support plate tectonics because oceanic crust A) is younger at a ridge and older near a trench B) is younger at a trench and older near a ridge C) is much older than continental crust
What is A) is younger at a ridge and older near a trench
500
You need seismograms from at least this many seismic stations to locate the epicenter of an earthquake.
What is 3?
500
The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends mostly on the _____ of the magma. A) gas content B) silica content C) amount D) temperature
What is B) silica content (more silica = thicker, more explosive; less silica = thinner, runnier, less explosive)
500
What happens at the spreading centers in the middle of the ocean?
What is rising magma will create new crust?
500
This was the most popular girl's name of the 1900s (1900-1999).
What is Mary?