The Earth’s Crust

Test

What are the fourlayers of the earth?

1. ________2. ________3. ________4. ________

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Fill in the blank:

Seismograph Seismologist Seismogram

5. A scientist who studies earthquakes.

_____________

6. A machine that records earthquakes. _____________

7. The piece of paper that the earthquake is recorded upon.

_____________

Look at the picture and answer the following questions:

8.- What kind of waves are (A)? 9. - What kind of waves are (B)?10. - What kind of waves are (C)?11. - What is (D) used to calculate?12.- What is (E) used to calculate?

A B C

D

E

13. The ________ scale compares earthquake destruction and strength

14. Another word for the magnitude of an earthquake is the ________ of an earthquake

15. Smaller earthquakes that follow the first are called ________

16. A crack in the earth’s crust where two plates meet each other is called a ________ line.

17. The famous fault line in California is called the ____________________

18. Focus A or B?

19. Epicenter A or B?

A

B

20. A giant wave created by an under water earthquake is called a ___________.

21. A crack in the earth’s crust with gas, lava or ashes/cinders coming out of it is called a ____________

22. A scientist who studies volcanoes is called a ______________

Identify the Volcano:

Cinder Cone Shield Cone Composite Cone(Stratacone)

23. The largest volcanoes

24. The smallest volcanoes

25. The most explosive volcanoes

26. Made of lava only

27. Made of Lava and cinders and ash

28. Made of Cinders/Ash only

29. How manyseismographs areneeded to pinpoint

thelocation of anearthquake?

30. By ______________we can tell what isinside the earth?

31. The Theory of __________________ states thatthe continents slowly drifted apart over millions of

years totheir current day position.

32. The German scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift is

________________

33. The super continent that existed 200 million years ago. _______________

Why is a spinning metal core so important to oursurvival?

34. Because it creates a ___________ __________

35, 36, 37, 38 Which of these statements supported the idea of Continental Drift?

A The fit of the coastlines of South America and AfricaB The rocky Mountains are similar in shape to those in AustraliaC Coal fields in the ArcticD Fossils of the same living things are found on widely separated continentsE The fit of the coastlines of Japan and ChinaF Ice sheets that covered India

39. The currenttheory that says

theearth’s crust isbroken into largejigsaw puzzlepieces that areslowly moving iscalled theTheory of ___________________.

40. Where do earthquakes,

volcanoes and mountains

occur?Along the _________ oftectonic plates

41. Fredericton does not

have any volcanoesbecause we are not___________________.

Fill in the blanks:

Convergent boundary Transform faults Divergent boundary

42. plates sliding past each other - ________________________

43. plates separating from each other – making new crust – ___________________________

44. plates colliding – making mountains and destroying old crust - ___________________

Who is J. Tuzo Wilson?

45. The _______________ scientist who helped form the Theory of Plate Tectonics.