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    All of the following are basis that an area is an earthquake prone EXCEPT:

    • Volcanic activities in the area openly occur.
    • The area is situated at the fault line
    • Area is a place where mountain range is also located.
    • Area is closer to bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.
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  • 2. 

    An example of a transform/shear/sliding boundary is a: 

    • Volcano

    • Mid ocean ridge

    • Deep sea trench

    • Fault

    Correct Answer
    A. Fault
  • 3. 

    The P-wave is a pulse energy that travels quickly through the Earth and through liquids. 

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 4. 

    Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crust

    • Less dense

    • More dense

    • Less hot

    • More hot

    Correct Answer
    A. More dense
  • 5. 

    What are the pieces of the Earth's crust called?

    • Rocks

    • Plates

    • Continents

    • Puzzle

    Correct Answer
    A. Plates
  • 6. 

    All of the following are basis that an area is an earthquake prone EXCEPT

    • Volcanic activities in the area openly occur.

    • The area is situated at the fault line

    • Area is a place where mountain range is also located.

    • Area is closer to bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.

    Correct Answer
    A. Area is closer to bodies of water such as rivers and lakes.
  • 7. 

    You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow? I. Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P wave recorded from each of the seismological stations. II. Use the triangulation method to locate the center. III. Obtain data from three seismological stations. IV. Determine the distance of the epicenter from stations.
    1. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow?
    2. Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P wave recorded from each of the seismological stations.
    3. Use the triangulation method to locate the center.
    4. Obtain data from three seismological stations.
    5. Determine the distance of the epicenter from stations.

    • I, III, II, IV

    • III, I, IV, II

    • III, IV, I, II

    • IV, II, I, III

    Correct Answer
    A. III, I, IV, II
  • 8. 

    The fact that ice floats on top of water is like the fact that

    • The mantle causes earthquakes and volcanoes

    • The mantle is colder than the crust

    • The less dense crust sits on top of the mantle

    • The crust is melting

    Correct Answer
    A. The less dense crust sits on top of the mantle
  • 9. 

    A place where an unusually hot part of the mantle rises through the crust causing volcanic activity is called a

    • Divergent boundary

    • Hot spot

    • Convergent boundary

    • Transform boundary

    Correct Answer
    A. Hot spot
  • 10. 

    What layer is below the outer core?

    Correct Answer
    inner core
  • 11. 

    How do we know about the interior of the Earth?

    • We have sent robots down to the core

    • We have giant ex-ray machines

    • Earthquakes

    • We have sensors that can take pictures of the layers

    Correct Answer
    A. Earthquakes
  • 12. 

    Can travel through solids, liquids, and gas.

    • Primary waves

    • Secondary waves

    • Transverse waves

    • Rayleigh waves

    Correct Answer
    A. Primary waves
  • 13. 

    P-waves can travel through liquids while S-waves cannot.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 14. 

    The place where two plates collide is called a

    • Transform Boundary

    • Hotspot

    • Divergent Boundary

    • Convergent Boundary

    Correct Answer
    A. Convergent Boundary
  • 15. 

    What layer has properties of both a solid and a liquid

    Correct Answer
    mantle
  • 16. 

    What is the coldest layer of the earth

    • Mantle

    • Crust

    • Outer core

    • Inner core

    Correct Answer
    A. Crust
  • 17. 

    Substance A and B are submerge in water. If substance B floats   and substance A sinks, what does it show?

    • Substance A is equally dense than B

    • Substance B is denser than A

    • Substance A is less dense than B

    • Substance B is less dense than A

    Correct Answer
    A. Substance B is less dense than A
  • 18. 

    It is preserved remains or traces of organisms from remote past.

    Correct Answer
    fossils
  • 19. 

    Most damaging type of wave.

    • Love Wave

    • Rayleigh Wave

    • Compressional Wave

    • Tension Wave

    Correct Answer
    A. Love Wave
  • 20. 

    The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a 

    • Hotspot

    • Divergent Boundary

    • Convergent Boundary

    • Transform Boundary

    Correct Answer
    A. Convergent Boundary
  • 21. 

    Alfred Wegener called the supercontinent

    Correct Answer
    PANGAEA
  • 22. 

    It is faster than Rayleigh wave and it moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal motion, like that of a snake’s causing the ground to twist

    Correct Answer
    Love Wave
  • 23. 

    What layer of the earth is made up of mostly iron and nickel?

    • Mantle

    • Crust

    • Inner Core

    • Outer Core

    Correct Answer
    A. Crust
  • 24. 

    What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a trench like the Marianas trench?

    • Convergent boundary

    • Divergent boundary

    • Transform boundary

    • Shear

    Correct Answer
    A. Convergent boundary
  • 25. 

    What clues are useful in reconstructing Pangaea?

    • Fossils

    • Species of animals

    • Climate

    • Plate movement

    Correct Answer
    A. Fossils
  • 26. 

    A transverse wave, the particle vibrates perpendicular to the direction where the wave is travelling.

    Correct Answer
    Secondary Wave
  • 27. 

    Which term refers to the ridged layer of Earth that is about 100 km thick and generally less dense than the material below it?

    • Asthenosphere

    • Lithosphere

    • Plate

    • Core

    Correct Answer
    A. Asthenosphere
  • 28. 

    What type of plate boundary has plates sliding past each other?

    Correct Answer
    transform boundary
  • 29. 

    Identify the types of wave, it travels along the free surface of an elastic solid such as the earth.

    Correct Answer
    Rayleigh Waves
  • 30. 

    The boundary between the crust and mantle

    Correct Answer
    Mohorovicic Discontinuity

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