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Chapter 2 Study Guide
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Checking Main Ideas
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1.
Which is the thickest of Earth’s layers?
a.
b.
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2.
3.
4.
lithosphere
crust
on continental plates
on oceanic plates
c.
d.
along plate boundaries
in southern California
Which best describes the surface waves produced by an earthquake?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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c.
d.
Where do most of Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
a.
b.
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core
mantle
They move more slowly than body waves.
They move more quickly than body waves.
They travel a great distance from the epicenter.
They cause relatively little damage.
What kind of mountains will form as a result of the plate movement shown in the
diagram?
a.
b.
dome mountains
composite mountains
Completion
Complete each statement.
c.
d.
fault-block mountains
fold mountains
Reviewing Vocabulary
Complete each sentence with the correct vocabulary word.
5.
Earth’s inner core, indicated by Arrow 1, consists of liquid metals.
6.
Arrow 2 is pointing to the lithosphere.
7.
Plate tectonics is a theory that describes how large slabs of the lithosphere move.
8.
Built-up energy is released along a fault during a/an earthquake.
9.
Intense vibrations felt throughout Earth’s crust during an earthquake are called
seismic waves.
10.
Magma is melted rock found beneath Earth’s surface.
11.
Both earthquakes and volcanoes are often found along faults, which are cracks in
Earth’s crust.
Vocabulary:
Core
Crust
Dome Mountain
Earthquake
Epicenter
Fault
Fault-Block Mountains
Focus
Fold Mountains
Fossil
Lithosphere
Magma
Mantle
Plate Tectonics
Seismic Waves
1. Crust is the thin, nearly solid rock layer that is uppermost in
Earth’s surface
2. Lithosphere area where Earth’s solid upper mantle and crust
combine to form a shell
3. Plate tectonics idea that giant plates of rock are moving
slowly across Earth’s surface
4. Core Earth’s innermost structure
5. Fossil physical remains or traces of a plant of animal that
lived long ago
6. Mantle thick layer of Earth’s structure just below Earth’s
crust
7. Epicenter point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus
of an Earthquake
8. Focus point underground where the faulting in an
earthquake occurs
9. Seismic waves waves of energy sent through Earth’s crust
when plates move suddenly
10. Magma melted rock below Earth’s surface; called lava at
the surface
11. Fault crack in Earth’s crust along which movement takes
place
12. Earthquake violent shaking of Earth’s crust as build-up
energy is released
13. Dome mountains mountains that form when magma
pushes up on Earth’s crust but does not break through
14. Fold mountains mountains that form where two plates
collide and force layers of rock into folds
15. Fault-block mountains mountains that form along fault
lines where blocks of rock fall, are thrust up, or slide