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The Earth’s Crust
Test
What are the fourlayers of the earth?
1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________
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Fill in the blank:
Seismograph Seismologist Seismogram
5. A scientist who studies earthquakes.
_____________
6. A machine that records earthquakes. _____________
7. The piece of paper that the earthquake is recorded upon.
_____________
Look at the picture and answer the following questions:
8.- What kind of waves are (A)? 9. - What kind of waves are (B)?10. - What kind of waves are (C)?11. - What is (D) used to calculate?12.- What is (E) used to calculate?
A B C
D
E
13. The ________ scale compares earthquake destruction and strength
14. Another word for the magnitude of an earthquake is the ________ of an earthquake
15. Smaller earthquakes that follow the first are called ________
16. A crack in the earth’s crust where two plates meet each other is called a ________ line.
17. The famous fault line in California is called the ____________________
18. Focus A or B?
19. Epicenter A or B?
A
B
20. A giant wave created by an under water earthquake is called a ___________.
21. A crack in the earth’s crust with gas, lava or ashes/cinders coming out of it is called a ____________
22. A scientist who studies volcanoes is called a ______________
Identify the Volcano:
Cinder Cone Shield Cone Composite Cone(Stratacone)
23. The largest volcanoes
24. The smallest volcanoes
25. The most explosive volcanoes
26. Made of lava only
27. Made of Lava and cinders and ash
28. Made of Cinders/Ash only
29. How manyseismographs areneeded to pinpoint
thelocation of anearthquake?
30. By ______________we can tell what isinside the earth?
31. The Theory of __________________ states thatthe continents slowly drifted apart over millions of
years totheir current day position.
32. The German scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift is
________________
33. The super continent that existed 200 million years ago. _______________
Why is a spinning metal core so important to oursurvival?
34. Because it creates a ___________ __________
35, 36, 37, 38 Which of these statements supported the idea of Continental Drift?
A The fit of the coastlines of South America and AfricaB The rocky Mountains are similar in shape to those in AustraliaC Coal fields in the ArcticD Fossils of the same living things are found on widely separated continentsE The fit of the coastlines of Japan and ChinaF Ice sheets that covered India
39. The currenttheory that says
theearth’s crust isbroken into largejigsaw puzzlepieces that areslowly moving iscalled theTheory of ___________________.
40. Where do earthquakes,
volcanoes and mountains
occur?Along the _________ oftectonic plates
41. Fredericton does not
have any volcanoesbecause we are not___________________.
Fill in the blanks:
Convergent boundary Transform faults Divergent boundary
42. plates sliding past each other - ________________________
43. plates separating from each other – making new crust – ___________________________
44. plates colliding – making mountains and destroying old crust - ___________________
Who is J. Tuzo Wilson?
45. The _______________ scientist who helped form the Theory of Plate Tectonics.