Earth's Moving Puzzle

Question 1 · multiple choice

Matching fossils on now-separated continents support…

Continental movement A flat ocean floor Daily continent creation Identical modern climates

Question 2 · multiple choice

Earthquake shaking begins when stored energy is released along…

A beach umbrella A fault A rainbow A cloud edge

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which earthquake instrument records ground motion?

Seismograph Anemometer Hydrometer Calorimeter

Question 4 · multiple choice

At a divergent ocean boundary, plates move…

Toward each other Without relative motion Only upward together Apart

Question 5 · true false

True or false: Continents ride on plates that include only dry land.

True False

Question 6 · multiple choice

A subduction zone sends one plate…

Above the clouds Beneath another Around a river Into the atmosphere

Question 7 · multiple choice

Why do many earthquakes trace narrow belts?

Plate boundaries concentrate movement Rain always follows borders All rocks are equally stressed everywhere Cities attract faults

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which is the point on the surface above an earthquake's starting location?

Inner core Trench floor always Epicentre Mantle

Question 9 · multiple choice

A chain of volcanic islands gets older away from an active island. One explanation is…

A stationary plate growing sideways only Rivers dragging volcanoes A plate moving over a hotspot The Sun melting islands in order

Question 10 · multiple choice

Earth's inner core remains solid despite high temperature largely because of…

Direct sunlight Very low density Continuous ocean cooling Immense pressure