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EARTH LAYERS AND Practice
SEISMIC WAVES Quiz
THE EARTH’S INTERIOR
1. The only true liquid layer of our Earth is the _____________ __________ .
2. The _______________ is the least dense layer of Earth.
3. The ___________ _________ is the most dense.
THE EARTH’S INTERIOR
4. The _____________ contains the asthenosphere (a plastic-like layer).
5. The ___________ _________ is made of basalt rock.
6. The ___________ _________ is made of granite rock.
THE EARTH’S INTERIOR
7. _____________ and temperature increase as you travel from the outside of
Earth to the inner core.
8. The _____________ is made up of the crust and upper mantle (100 km deep).
9. The ___________ contains both the lithosphere and the asthenosphere.
AN EARTHQUAKE BEGINS AT THE…
10.________: The point
beneath Earths surface where
rock that is under stress
breaks.
11.________: The point on
the surface of the Earth
directly above the focus.
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EARTHQUAKES
12.________ _____: Vibrations that carry
energy released from an earthquake.
13._____________: The instrument used to
record seismic activity.
14. _____________ : The paper record of
the seismic waves.
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WHICH WAVE IS WHICH?
P, S, OR SURFACE?
15. the fastest?
16. stops at the liquid outer core?
17. only travels through the crust?
18. slows down and bends when it hits the liquid outer core?
19. slowest?
20. most destructive?
EQS FROM THE INTERIOR
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(On the surface)
25
(Below the surface)
22
(Black Lines)
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(Yellow Lines)
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KEY
1.
Outer Core
14. Seismogram
2.
Crust
15. Primary Wave
3.
Inner Core
16. Secondary Wave
4.
Mantle
17. Surface Wave
5.
Oceanic Crust
18. Primary Wave
6.
Continental Crust
19. Surface Wave
7.
Density/Pressure
20. Surface Wave
8.
Lithosphere
21. Shadow Zones
9.
Mantle
22. Secondary Waves
10. Focus
23. Primary Waves
11. Epicenter
24. Epicenter/Surface
Waves
12. Seismic Waves
13. Seismograph
25. Focus