Earth Science Unit Test

What causes plate tectonics to move? Choose 3

• slab pull

• ridge push

• mountain formation

• volcanic eruptions

• mantle convection

Stress is defined as...

• the process by which rocks change shape

• the amount of force per unit area that is placed on an object

• rock layers bending

• when younger layers are at the core

A syncline fold has the youngest layers of rock at the core, and the oldest on the outside

• True

• False

The process by which rocks change shape under stress is known as...

• strike-slip

• fault-fold

• deformation

• reverse

The types of faults are... (choose 3)

• normal

• deformed

• strike-slip

• folded

• reverse

What are the 3 types of mountains?

• fault-block

• folded

• volcanic

• lithospheric

Ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy are called?

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

The epicenter is located within the Earth's surface, and the focus is located on the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

What are the damaging waves called that come from earthquakes?

• oceanic

• seismic

• radioactive

• telegraphic

Divergent boundaries occur when...

• tectonic plates move toward one another

• tectonic plates move beside one another

• tectonic plates move underneath one another

• tectonic plates move away from one another