Learning Material Quiz

What does the term "MAGNITUDE" mean?

• The importance of an event

• The depth of a location

• The size of something

• The brightness of a star

What causes an earthquakes?

• The movement of the moon around the Earth

• The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other

• The eruption of a volcano

• Heavy rainfall and flooding

What are ore deposits?

• Types of rocks that can be found on the surface of the Earth

• Resources that people are mining drilling for

• Natural water reservoirs found underground

• Fossil fuels like coal and oil

Where are ore deposits typically found?

• In the atmosphere

• In riverbeds

• In gaps or layers within solid rock

• On the surface of plant leaves

What does "earthquake depth" refer to?

• The intensity of shaking on the Earth's surface during an earthquake

• The distance between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake

• How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring

• The duration of an earthquake

What is the definition of an epicenter?

• The point inside Earth where an earthquake starts

• The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred

• The scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake

• The device used to record seismic waves from earthquakes

What does the term "CAUSATION" refer to?

• The effect of an event or process

• The prediction of future events

• The reason something has occurred or is occurring

• The study of historical events

What does the term "correlation" refer to?

• A cause-and-effect relationship between two events

• Two things or events happening together without causing one another

• The process by which rocks are formed

• A scientific method for dating geological events

What are sediments?

• Solidified volcanic materials found deep within the Earth

• Loose earth materials such as sand, soil, and rocks found on the surface of the Earth

• Layers of gases surrounding the Earth's atmosphere

• Water bodies such as rivers and lakes found on the Earth's surface

What is bedrock?

• A type of soil found only in deserts

• Solid rock found everywhere on Earth, often under sediments such as soil, sand, dirt, and broken rocks

• The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere

• A plant species commonly found in tropical regions