CHADWICK DRRR QUIZ

“The perceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates __________________.

• P wave

• Seismic wave

• S wave

• gravitational waves

The outermost layer of the earth is broken into pieces are called __________

• Plates

• Ridges

• Continents

• Crust

   It moves in a pattern called a _________________________ that forms when warm

material rises, cools, and eventually sinks down.

• Ridges

• Plates

• Convection cell

• gravitational plate

This is where convection currents occur.

• Lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• Asthenosphere

• biosphere

If North America : Europe; then South America : ________________

• Asia

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Africa

Earthquake produces by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries.

• Tectonic

• Volcanic

• Both Tectonic and Volcanic

• None of the above

based on instrumentally derived information and correlated strength with the amount of total energy released at the earthquake’s point of origin.

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Latitude

• hazard

How many seismic stations needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

What type of fault?

• Reverse fault

• Strike slip fault

• Normal fault

• Slip Strike fault

What type of fault?

• Reverse fault

• Strike slip fault

• Normal fault

• Slip Strike fault