GRADE10FirstQuarter

1. 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.

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

Volcano

Mid ocean ridge

Deep sea trench

Fault

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

True

False

4. Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crust

Less dense

More dense

Less hot

More hot

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

Rocks

Plates

Continents

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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.

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.

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

I, III, II, IV

III, I, IV, II

III, IV, I, II

IV, II, I, III

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

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

10. Can travel through solids, liquids, and gas.

Primary waves

Secondary waves

Transverse waves

Rayleigh waves

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12. 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

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

True

False

14. 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

15. The place where two plates collide is called a

Transform Boundary

Hotspot

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

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17. What is the coldest layer of the earth

Mantle

Crust

Outer core

Inner core

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19. Most damaging type of wave.

Love Wave

Rayleigh Wave

Compressional Wave

Tension Wave

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21. The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a

Hotspot

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

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23. What clues are useful in reconstructing Pangaea?

Fossils

Species of animals

Climate

Plate movement

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

Mantle

Crust

Inner Core

Outer Core

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

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Transform boundary

Shear

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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

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