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Integrated Science Chapter 19 Name _____________________________ Worksheet 3 Block _________________________ Answer the following questions 1. Identify which type of seismic wave is described in each of the following: ___________________________ a. cannot travel through the core ___________________________ b. cause the most damage to buildings ___________________________ c. are the first waves to reach seismograph 2. Identify which type of volcano is described in each of the following: ___________________________ a. formed from violent eruptions ___________________________ b. has gently sloping sides ___________________________ c. formed from hot ash ___________________________ d. has steep sides 3. Identify whether volcanoes are likely to form at the following locations: Yes No a. hot spot Yes No b. transform fault boundary Yes No c. divergent plate boundary Yes No d. convergent boundary between continental and oceanic plates 4. What is the difference between the focus and epicenter of an earthquake? 5. Explain how a mid-ocean ridge is formed 6. Are quiet eruptions or explosive eruptions more likely to increase the height of a volcano? Why? 7. Describe how a seismograph detects and records earthquakes. 8. Explain why most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries. 9. Explain why volcanoes form at both convergent plate boundaries and divergent plate boundaries. Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer 10. Earthquakes occur mostly a. in the middle of continents b. in the asthenosphere c. at plate boundaries d. at the edge of the continents 11. Which of the following is not a characteristic of S waves? a. travel slower than P waves b. cannot be detected in locations more than 105o from an earthquake’s epicenter c. travel through solids and liquids d. all of the above 12. The minimum number of seismograph stations necessary to determine the location of an earthquake’s epicenter is a. one b. two c. three d. four 12. A cinder cone volcano is caused by a. converging plates b. diverging plates c. large amounts of gas trapped in t he magma d. vents 13. The breakage of rocks along a fault releases energy in the form of a. P waves b. Seismic waves c. Heat d. Light 14. Waves that cause the most damage during an earthquake are a. surface waves b. P waves c. S waves d. Ocean waves 15. Scientists can calculate the distance from the seismograph station to the focus using a. the difference in arrival tomes of P and surface waves b. the difference in arrival times of P and S waves c. the difference in arrival times of S and surface waves d. none of the above 16. Composite volcanoes are made up of a. many layers of cinder and lava b. many layers of lava rich in magnesium and iron c. many layers of cinders d. many layers of metamorphic rock
