5 Written Questions

1. the location on Earth's surface above the origin of an earthquake
2. a radioactive isotope
3. a destructive plate margin where ocean crust is forced beneath another plate
4. a sliding force
5. the circular rising of warmer fluids and sinking of cooler fluids

5 Matching Questions

1. P wave
2. granite
3. molten
4. ridge
5. continental plate

1. a a compression wave created by an earthquake
2. b igneous rock found in continental crust
3. c liquefied by heat
4. d crust where the continents are
5. e found at divergent boundaries where new crust is created

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the product of radioactive decay
   1. fault
   2. epicenter
   3. ridge
   4. daughter
2. the time it takes for 1/2 of the radioactive parent to decay
   1. granite
   2. basalt
   3. fault
   4. half-life
3. igneous rock found in oceanic crust
   1. parent
   2. P wave
   3. basalt
   4. fault
4. found at convergent boundaries where old crust is destroyed
   1. trench
   2. tension
   3. parent
   4. granite
5. an area in the mantle that can melt the crust above it
   1. fault
   2. tension
   3. basalt
   4. hot spot

5 True/False Questions

1. tension → a stretching force

   True        False

2. fault → cracks between Earth's tectonic plates

   True        False

3. compression → a squeezing force

   True        False

4. oceanic plate → igneous rock found in continental crust

   True        False

5. geology → the study of Earth

   True        False