QUIZ BEE CHALLENGE (AVERAGE ROUND)

Which plate boundary is formed between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate?

Plates A and B are moving away at 1.5cm each year. What type of plate boundary do these plates demonstrate?

Why are there no P-waves or S-waves received in the P-wave shadow zone as seismic waves travel through the Earth?

How many recording stations are needed in triangulation method?

The waves whose motion is a combination of longitudinal compression and dilation that results in an elliptical motion of points on the surface.

Which of the following plate movements is the cause of the formation of the Philippine islands?

Which of the following types of seismic waves is the fastest and the first to arrive at a seismograph station after an earthquake?

In a hotspot volcano, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while Volcano C is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?

Which type of crust is less dense?

In which layer of Earth's interior do S-waves disappear?

The most visible and fascinating evidence that continents were once a single land mass that their borders seem to fit together.

Seismic waves that move in a back-and-forth, side-to-side motion are known as:

What makes up the lithosphere?

Which type of seismic waves have a rolling motion similar to ocean waves?

What is the basis of scientists in dividing the Earth’s lithosphere into plates?

Which of the following is the correct composition of the Earth’s layers according to physical properties?

Which of the following geologic activities does not include among the bases of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere?

Seismic waves are generated primarily by:

What is the driving fore behind plate tectonics?

Which type of seismic waves cannot travel through liquids?

There are seven relatively large plates in the world. Which of the following does NOT belong to those plates?

It measures the strength of shaking produced by an earthquake at a certain location and a subjective measure of the effects of earthquake on people, structures, and environment.

What discovery about the ocean floor is associated with the seafloor spreading? A. Mountains are denser than the mantle B. The rotational poles of the Earth have migrated C. The crust of the Oceans is denser than the crust in the continent.

 Which type of seismic waves travel through the interior of the earth?

Plates A and B are moving apart at 1.5cm each year. What type of plate boundary do these plates demonstrate?