CKLA Geology Chapter 2

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"An earthquake is like a rock plunking into water."

• hyperbole

• Metaphor

• personification

• simile

How far do seismic waves travel?

• short distances

• They do not travel

• very long distances

• just in the crust

What instrument is used when studying seismic waves?

• Seismograph

• andometer

• barometer

• heliograph

What is the correct order of the layers of the earth? Starting from the center and moving out.

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

• inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

What are the 2 types of crust?

• oceanic crust and hard crust

• solid crust and liquid crust

• oceanic crust and continental crust

• magma and lava

What kind of rocks are found at the bottom of the sea floor?

• lime

• chalcedony

• basalt

• lava

What happens as new crust is added?

• older crust gets pushed outward, away from the rift

• It melts and becomes lava

• it breaks apart into smaller pieces

• it moves and becomes future islands.

Mid-ocean ridges are formed by

• earthquakes underground

• strings of volcanoes running along the seafloor

• sea floor spreading

• tsunami waves

What is hot molten rock called when it is UNDER the earth's crust?

• Pumice

• basalt

• lava

• magma

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