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Grade 7 Tectonics
What does the phrase "Ring of Fire" refer to?
  1. a tectonic plate
  2. a type of volcano
  3. a geographic region
  4. a type of plate boundary
Grade 7 Tectonics
The epicenter of an earthquake is
  1. the location that emergency support workers meet during an earthquake.
  2. the size of an earthquake.
  3. the point on Earth's surface above where an earthquake occurs.
  4. the center of an earthquake.
Grade 7 Tectonics
During an earthquake, the most violent shaking occurs at the
  1. vent.
  2. focus.
  3. Ring of Fire.
  4. epicenter.
Grade 7 Tectonics
Earth's plates meet at                .
  1. boundaries
  2. faults
  3. trenches
Grade 7 Tectonics
The map shows the major tectonic plates. Which plate is NOT associated with the Ring of Fire?
Tectonic Plates With Labels
  1. Cocos plate
  2. Arabian plate
  3. Philippine plate
  4. Juan de Fuca plate
Grade 7 Tectonics
Earthquakes most often occur
  1. in the middle of tectonic plates.
  2. anywhere near a tectonic plate.
  3. only in the 'Ring of Fire'.
  4. on the boundary of tectonic plates.
Grade 7 Tectonics
What area around the Pacific Plate where earthquakes and volcanoes are common?
  1. Hot Spots
  2. Volcanoes
  3. Ring of Fire
  4. Magma
Grade 7 Tectonics
Which is a theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections?
  1. Continental Drift
  2. Earthquakes
  3. Plate Tectonics
  4. Rock Cycle
Grade 7 Tectonics
What is the best way to describe Earth's crust?
  1. Always moving
  2. Moves very rarely
  3. Never moves
  4. Moves only during earthquakes
Grade 7 Tectonics
The Richter scale measures the
  1. destruction caused by an earthquake.
  2. magnitude of an earthquake.
  3. movement of tectonic plates.
  4. amplitude of seismic waves.
Grade 7 Tectonics
vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy
  1. seismic waves
  2. earthquake
  3. mantle
  4. core
Grade 7 Tectonics
Most of the world's major volcanic mountains are located at
  1. folded mountains.
  2. subduction zones.
  3. fault block mountains.
  4. divergent boundaries.
Grade 7 Tectonics
Most earthquakes occur
  1. in mountains.
  2. along major rivers.
  3. at plate boundaries.
  4. in the middle of tectonic plates.
Grade 7 Tectonics
Convergent plate movement is when
  1. two tectonic plates move away from each other.
  2. one tectonic plates slide past each other in the same direction.
  3. two tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions.
  4. two tectonic plates collide with each other.
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