Earth Science: Tectonic Notes
EARTH SCIENCE PLATE TECTONICS UNIT 8TH GRADE TO 10TH GRADE
- 1.What is the driving force behind crustal movement?
- A.
The movement in the inner core
- B.
The movement in the outer core
- C.
The movement of convection in the mantle
- 2.P-waves can travel through......
- A.
Solids
- B.
Liquids
- C.
Gases
- D.
All of the Above
- E.
None of the Above
- 3.S-waves can travel through....
- A.
Solids
- B.
Liquids
- C.
Gases
- D.
All of the Above
- E.
None of the Above
- 4.Where are most earthquake epicenters and volcanoes be found?
- A.
In the middle of a plate boundary
- B.
On a plate boundary
- C.
The bottom of a plate boundary
- D.
The top of a plate boundary
- 5.How do we know that Earth's inner core is solid?
- A.
Because Pwaves refract in the inner core due to that the outer core is liquid
- B.
Because Swaves refract in the inner core due to that the outer core is liquid
- 6.What is the Richter Scale?
- A.
Based on observations
- B.
Tells the intensity of a volcano
- C.
Tells the intensity of an earthquake
- D.
Based on inferences
- 7.
What type of plate boundary is this?- A.
Transform
- B.
Divergent
- C.
Convergent
- 8.
What type of plate boundary is this?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Divergent
- C.
Convergent
- 9.
What type of plate boundary is this?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Divergent
- C.
Convergent
- 10.What provides the energy for convection currents in the Earth's mantle?
- A.
Radioactive decay (heat)
- B.
Radiation
- C.
Ultraviolet waves
- D.
Gamma waves
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