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Grade 10 Tectonics
Where are most divergent boundaries found?
  1. on the seafloor
  2. on the continents
  3. along coastlines
  4. at subduction zones
Grade 10 Tectonics
As the distance from a quake's epicenter increases, the
  1. intensity increases.
  2. intensity decreases.
  3. wave speed increases.
  4. the focus decreases.
Grade 10 Tectonics
What part of Earth doesn't transmit S-waves from a quake?
  1. epicenter
  2. focus
  3. mantle
  4. liquid part of core
Grade 10 Tectonics
What is strain?
  1. unit of measure on the Mercalli scale
  2. travel time of seismic waves
  3. deformation of a material caused by applied forces allowing materials to absorb force
  4. forces per unit area acting on a material
Grade 10 Tectonics
Which of the following is not used to study earthquakes?
  1. air current changes
  2. lasers
  3. satellites
  4. seismometers
Grade 10 Tectonics
Which of the following factors does NOT affect the amount of damage done by an earthquake?
  1. the population living near the earthquake
  2. the types of structures
  3. the length and intensity of the quake
  4. the number of trees and plant growth in the area
Grade 10 Tectonics
The hottest geothermal regions are mainly found around
  1. Africa.
  2. California only.
  3. Hawaii only.
  4. the Ring of Fire.
Grade 10 Tectonics
Nearly 80% of all earthquakes occur in the seismic area know as the                         .
  1. Circum-Pacific Belt
  2. boundaries
  3. ocean ridges
  4. Mediterranean-Asian Belt
Grade 10 Tectonics
What are some of the effects caused by soil liquefaction?
  1. land elevates above surrounding areas
  2. the soil behaves like quicksand
  3. houses fall over
  4. mudslides
  5. all of the above
Grade 10 Tectonics
The theory of continental drift says that
  1. all the continents were once one continent that broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years.
  2. the continents have always been separate, but may one day drift together to form a single continent.
Grade 10 Tectonics
Which feature is associated with a continental-continental plate boundary?
  1. a subduction zone
  2. a mountain range
  3. a deep-sea trench
  4. a volcano
Grade 10 Tectonics
What type of features forms along a continental convergent boundary?
  1. an ocean ridge
  2. island arcs
  3. trenches
  4. mountains
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