Earthquakes — Unit test Answers

Which statement describes one aspect of an earthquake’s magnitude?

Study this image.

What type of stress occurs when plates move apart?

Which features form along all types of plate boundaries?

Why do scientists study seismographs?

The image shows a type of fault.

Which type of zone is located at a deep-ocean trench?

Which continents contain folded mountains that match up to form one continuous mountain chain, serving as evidence that they once belonged to one landmass called Pangaea?

The image shows a volcanic eruption.

Where does compression often occur?

According to the theory of plate tectonics, which is one feature that plates carry?

The image shows a landform created by Earth’s forces.

Which example is indirect evidence used to study Earth’s interior?

Which statement describes divergent boundaries?

Which statement explains what happens to older crust during seafloor spreading?