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Grade 7 Tectonics
Wegener's idea became known as which of the following?
  1. Kepler Law
  2. Big Bang Theory
  3. Continental Drift
Grade 7 Tectonics
What does magnitude measure?
  1. the strength of an earthquake
  2. the distance between plate boundaries
  3. the height of mountains
Grade 7 Tectonics
A                 is the point at which one tectonic plate touches another.
  1. trench
  2. plate boundary
  3. hanging wall
  4. footwall
Grade 7 Tectonics
The strength of an earthquake is measured on a scale. Which is a scale used to measure earthquake strength?
  1. Richter scale
  2. Fujita scale
  3. Seismic scale
  4. Tectonic scale
Grade 7 Tectonics
Which often forms when two continental plates collide?
  1. a subduction zone
  2. a mountain range
  3. a rift valley
Grade 7 Tectonics
A fault is a crack in a rock.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Tectonics
A break or crack along which rocks move is called
  1. a fault.
  2. a fissure.
  3. an earthquake.
  4. a seismic wave.
Grade 7 Tectonics
The diagram below models which process?
Subduction Zone
  1. weathering
  2. subduction
  3. continental drift
  4. seafloor spreading
Grade 7 Tectonics
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
  1. convergent
  2. horizontal
  3. divergent
  4. transform
Grade 7 Tectonics
Primary seismic waves
  1. are slower than secondary waves.
  2. are the result of shearing forces in rock.
  3. can travel through both solids and liquids.
  4. cause Earth's surface to roll up and down.
Grade 7 Tectonics
A wave of energy passing through Earth.
  1. sound wave
  2. seismic wave
  3. earthquake
  4. the Sun
Grade 7 Tectonics
The collision of two oceanic plates creates                     .
  1. mountain belts.
  2. convection currents.
  3. rift valleys.
  4. island arcs.
Grade 7 Tectonics
The Himalayas were formed along what type of plate boundary?
  1. Transform boundary
  2. Divergent boundary
  3. Convergent boundary
Grade 7 Tectonics
What type of plate boundary is shown in the image below?
  1. Convergent Boundary
  2. Divergent Boundary
  3. Transform Boundary
  4. Main Boundary
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