Science: Earth and Space Test 2

What is the name of the earth's outer layer that is made of solid rock?

• Mantle
• Core
• Crust
• Asthenosphere

What is a particle or block of solid volcanic ejecta?

• Lava
• Magma
• pyroclast

• Ash

What is the scale used to measure the damage an earthquake does?

• Richter Scale
• modified Mercalli Scale

• EEW

• moment magnitude

What is the earthquake zone stretching from southern Europe to Indonesia?

• Ring of Fire
• San Andreas Fault
• Alpide Belt

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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What is the inner core of the earth thought to be?

• solid

• gas

• plasma

• liquid

What is the middle of the earth's three main layers?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

What type of earthquakes are eighty-five percent of all earthquakes?

• deep-focus

• shallow focus

• no focus

• intermediate focus

What scale is considered the most reliable method for measuring the energy released by an earthquake?

• Richter scale
• Mercalli scale
• Moment Magnitude scale
• Seismic scale

What are the deposits of sand and mineral fragments that cover the earth's surface?

• sediments

• Rocks
• Mountains
• Oceans

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Where do 80% of the world's earthquakes occur?

• Alpide belt

• Indian Ocean belt

• Middle Eastern belt

• circum-Pacific belt

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