Pre Test

1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

• A. crust

• B. inner core

• C. mantle

• D. outer core

2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________.

• A. asthenosphere

• B. continents

• C. core

• D. lithosphere

3. Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is CORRECT?

• A. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.

• B. Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.

• C. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Mountain Ranges!

• D. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.

4. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?

• A. fault

• B. fissure

• C. fracture

• D. plate

5. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?

• A. Continental Drift

• B. Plate Tectonics

• C. Seafloor Spreading

• D. Titanic Theory

6. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate Tectonics?

• A. earthquake

• B. fault lines

• C. landslides

• D. mountains

7. This earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden release of energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.

• A. aftershock

• B. foreshock

• C. tectonic

• D. volcanic

8. How are tsunamis created?

• A. A submarine earthquake causes a huge amount of water to be displaced.

• B. Differences in temperature cause hot seawater to rise.

• C. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean water to rise.

• D. Topography underwater causes disturbances in the oceans’ current.

9. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of mountains?

• A. mountain area

• B. mountain chain

• C. mountain range

• D. mountainous

10. It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• A. center

• B. direct center

• C. epic center

• D. epicenter