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

S waves

P waves

Love waves

Rayleigh waves

How many recording stations are needed in triangulation method?

1

4

3

2

Which type of seismic waves cannot travel through liquids?

S waves

Rayleigh waves

Love waves

P waves

Seismic waves are generated primarily by:

Landslides

Volcanic eruptions

Earthquakes

Meteorite impacts

What makes up the lithosphere?

Mantle

Core

Crust

Crust and upper mantle

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

Eurasian Plate

Australian Plate

Philippine Plate

African Plate

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

None of these

Convergent boundary

Transform fault boundary

Divergent boundary

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.

power

magnitude

intensity

energy

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

Transform fault

Convergent

Divergent

Subduction

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

Mantle

Crust

Outer core

Inner core

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

P waves

Rayleigh waves

Love waves

S waves

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

P waves

S waves

Love waves

Rayleigh waves

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

volcanism

tsunamis

formation of mountains

seismicity

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

P-waves are refracted, and S-waves are absorbed by the Earth

P-waves are absorbed and S-waves are refracted by the Earth’

P-waves and S-waves are refracted by the Earth’s outer core.

. P-waves and S-waves are absorbed by the Earth’s outer core

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

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Transform Fault Boundary

None of these

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

Rayleigh waves

S waves

P waves

Love waves

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

Location of mountain ranges

Location of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters

Location of oceans and mountains

Location of active volcanoes

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

oceanic-continental convergence

oceanic-oceanic convergence

continental-continental convergence

oceanic-continental divergence

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

Surface waves

Oceanic waves

Body waves

Continental waves

What is the driving fore behind plate tectonics?

Convergence

Wegener effect

Convection current

Subduction

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

Crust, Mantle, Core

Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Cores

Lithosphere, Crust, Mantle, Core

Lithosphere Core Mesosphere Mantle

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?

Volcano B is the youngest

Volcano B is younger than Volcano C

Volcano A is older than Volcano C

Volcano B is the oldest

Which type of crust is less dense?

Continental

Both oceanic and continental have the same density

Oceanic

Niether oceanic and continental

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.

A

B

C

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

Continental Jigsaw Puzzle/Tectonic Fit

Stratigraphic Correlation

Topographic Evidences

Paleontological Evidences