5 Written Questions

1. Layer of the Earth composed of liquid iron and nickel
2. Force present at a normal fault where rock moves apart
3. Slowest seismic waves that cause the most destruction
4. Surface along which rocks break and move
5. Location where rocks move past each other

5 Matching Questions

1. Normal fault
2. Moho discontinuity
3. Tsunami
4. Compression force
5. Epicenter

1. a Boundary between the crust and the mantle where seismic waves speed up
2. b Seismic sea wave
3. c Rock moves down, below the fault surface
4. d Force present when two regions of rock are moving together
5. e Area on the Earth’s surface above the focus of an earthquake

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Location where one plate sinks below the other
   1. Outer core
   2. Subduction zone
   3. Surface wave
   4. Tension force
2. First seismic wave to reach a seismic station
   1. Surface wave
   2. Outer core
   3. Primary wave
   4. Secondary wave
3. Scientist who studies earthquakes
   1. Seismologist
   2. Fault
   3. Refraction
   4. Tsunami
4. Motion of the mantle that drives the movement of tectonic plates
   1. Reflection
   2. Convection cells
   3. Subduction zone
   4. Compression force
5. Layer of the earth below the Earth’s crust
   1. Inner core
   2. Outer core
   3. Upper mantle
   4. Epicenter

5 True/False Question

1. Secondary wave → First seismic wave to reach a seismic station
   

   True        False

2. Lithosphere → Composed of the crust and upper mantle; divided into plates
   

   True        False

3. Shearing force → Force that pushes rock sideways past each other
   

   True        False

4. Asthenosphere → Layer of the Earth below the lithosphere
   

   True        False

5. Crust → Surface along which rocks break and move
   

   True        False