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Chapter 32 Quick Check
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Earth’s Layers
1. List the layers of the Earth, in order, from innermost to outermost.
2. Which layers of the Earth are solid?
3. Which layers of the Earth are liquid?
4. Which layers are in between solid and liquid?
5. What are the two parts of the mantle?
a. Which layer contains all the plates?
b. Which layer is closest to the crust?
c. Which layer is closest to the core?
6. What are the two types of crust?
a. Which crust is thin and dense?
b. Which crust is thick and less dense?
Seismic Waves
7. What causes seismic waves?
8. What are the two major types of seismic waves?
9. What are the two types of body waves?
10. What are the two types of surface waves?
11. Which seismic waves travel on the crust?
12. Which seismic waves travel through the core and mantle?
13. Which seismic waves travel through only the mantle?
14. What are the two types of body waves?
15. What are the two types of surface waves?
16. Which is the fastest seismic wave?
17. Which is the slowest seismic wave?
18. Which is the most destructive seismic wave?
19. Which is the least destructive seismic wave?
20. Which seismic wave travels through solids and liquids?
21. Which surface wave travels side to side?
22. Which surface waves travels up and down?
23. Which type of matter do seismic waves travel fastest through: solid, liquid, or gas?
Folds & Faults
24. What causes folds and faults to form?
25. The high points and low points of a fold are known as the ___________________.
26. In a fold, the ________________ layers are at the bottom, while the _______________ layers are at the top.
27. The ___________________ are where the rocks tilt away from the axis.
28. The ___________________ are where the rocks tilt toward the axis.
29. What is formed when rocks are compressed with moderate force?
30. What is formed when a rock breaks?
31. Which type of fault is formed from a tension force?
32. Which type of fault is formed from a compression force?
33. Which type of fault is formed from a sliding force?
34. Which type of fault is formed when the hanging wall is higher than the footwall?
35. Which type of fault is formed when the footwall is higher than the hanging wall?
36. Which type of fault is the main cause of earthquakes?
37. In which layer of the earth do folds and faults form?