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Grade 6 Tectonics
Which waves created by an earthquake move the fastest?
  1. l-waves
  2. p-waves
  3. s-waves
  4. f-waves
Grade 6 Tectonics
What instrument is typically used to measure seismic waves?
  1. sonograph
  2. seismograph
  3. simograph
  4. radar
Grade 6 Tectonics
A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which rocks move.
  1. fault
  2. igneous rock
  3. metamorphic rock
  4. sedimentary rock
Grade 6 Tectonics
Which of the following instruments is used for measuring and recording the vibration of earthquakes?
  1. faults
  2. earthquakes
  3. epicenter
  4. seismograph
  5. volcano
  6. lava
Grade 6 Tectonics
The fact that South America and Africa were once joined is                          for Pangaea.
  1. rock layer evidence
  2. fossil evidence
  3. puzzle piece evidence
  4. mineral deposit evidence
Grade 6 Tectonics
Who devised the theory of continental drift?
  1. Alfred Nobel
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Marie Curie
  4. Alfred Wegener
Grade 6 Tectonics
This is the process by which new molten material, that lies under the ocean, rises up and pushes the existing plates aside, creating new oceanic crust as it moves.
  1. seafloor spreading
  2. ocean floor expansion
  3. continental crust spreading
  4. oceanic crust expansion
Grade 6 Tectonics
Which best describes the motion of Earth's plates?
  1. fast and in stages
  2. slow and constant
  3. fast and constant
  4. slow and in stages
Grade 6 Tectonics
Plate movement is caused by
  1. the rotation of Earth.
  2. ocean tides.
  3. convection currents in the mantle.
  4. the Moon's gravity.
Grade 6 Tectonics
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
  1. transform boundary.
  2. convergent boundary.
  3. rift valley.
  4. divergent boundary.
Grade 6 Tectonics
Which of the following is not part of a seismograph?
  1. ruler
  2. pen
  3. paper
  4. drum
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