Instructions: Please answer the following questions. You may not use any outside resources to complete the assessment. You will need a piece of scratch paper. Keep track of how many questions you got correct on the first try; this is a graded assessment. Good Luck! :)
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1. Which layer of Earth's interior do the plates lay on top of?
c. The Mantle
2. A seismograph is a device that measures...?
a. How long earthquakes last
b. Where an earthquakes epicenter is
c. The motion of the ground (waves) during an earthquake
3. An earthquake that measures 6.0 or higher on the Richter Scale is said to be...?
a. Mild-Moderate
b. Strong-Meteoric
c. Microscopic
4. Which type of plate boundary can form island arcs, oceanic trenches, volcanoes, and mountains?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform
5. Which type of plate boundary can form mid-ocean ridges, and rift valleys?
a. Transform
b. Convergent
c. Divergent
6. Which type of plate boundary usually causes the strongest earthquakes?
a. Divergent
b. Transform
c. Convergent
7. Two oceanic plates are moving away from each other. What land-form is most likely to occur?
a. Mid-ocean ridge
b. Island Arc
c. Mountains
8. Earth's plates move because of ________ currents.
a. Pangea
b. Convection
c.Wave
9. When two plates collide, one plate (the denser one) gets pulled underneath the other. This process is called _________.
a. Subduction
b. Recrystalization
c. Melting
10. The innermost part of Earth's interior is ________.
a. Entirely molten rock
b. Solid rock
c. Dense, slow moving, partially molten rock
**Please make sure you keep track of how many questions you were able to answer correctly on the first try! Then, bring your paper with you score, to me.**
2. A seismograph is a device that measures...?
a. How long earthquakes last
b. Where an earthquakes epicenter is
c. The motion of the ground (waves) during an earthquake
3. An earthquake that measures 6.0 or higher on the Richter Scale is said to be...?
a. Mild-Moderate
b. Strong-Meteoric
c. Microscopic
4. Which type of plate boundary can form island arcs, oceanic trenches, volcanoes, and mountains?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform
5. Which type of plate boundary can form mid-ocean ridges, and rift valleys?
a. Transform
b. Convergent
c. Divergent
6. Which type of plate boundary usually causes the strongest earthquakes?
a. Divergent
b. Transform
c. Convergent
7. Two oceanic plates are moving away from each other. What land-form is most likely to occur?
a. Mid-ocean ridge
b. Island Arc
c. Mountains
8. Earth's plates move because of ________ currents.
a. Pangea
b. Convection
c.Wave
9. When two plates collide, one plate (the denser one) gets pulled underneath the other. This process is called _________.
a. Subduction
b. Recrystalization
c. Melting
10. The innermost part of Earth's interior is ________.
a. Entirely molten rock
b. Solid rock
c. Dense, slow moving, partially molten rock
**Please make sure you keep track of how many questions you were able to answer correctly on the first try! Then, bring your paper with you score, to me.**