Plate tectonics

What is the outer layer of the earth called?

• Inner core
• Outer core
• Crust
• Mantle

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

What was the name of the supercontinent?

• The world
• Pangea
• Land
• Mass continent

Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...

• plates
• faults
• fossils
• puzzle pieces

When Earth's plates rub or scrape against one another, the release of energy causes ...

• a volcano
• an earthquake
• a tornado
• continental drift

What type of plate boundary is pictured

• convergent

• Constructive

• tranform

• tension

The epicenter of an earthquake is

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
• The seismic station closest to the earthquake
• The place where the greatest damage occurs
• The point on the surface directly above the focus

At what location does the first motion of an earthquake occur

• the focus
• the seismic gap
• the mantle
• the epicenter

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates

What is the boundary that marks the boundary between the crust and the mantle?

• Crust boundary

• Adrija boundary

• Mohorovicic boundary

• Croatian boundary