Plate Tectonics Study Quiz

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  1. What is another name for the P-Wave?
  2. What is another name for the S-Wave?
  3. Which of the following means: "The amount of damage an earthquake causes"?
  4. Which of the following is the best kind of soil to build a house on?
  5. Where is intensity of an earthquake usually higher?
  6. Which type of plates travel towards each other?
  7. Which type of plates slide past each other?
  8. Which type of plates move away from each other?
  9. Which of the following do NOT travel away from each other?
  10. Subduction Plates travel...
  11. What causes the oceanic crust to travel under the continental crust?
  12. Magnitude is...
  13. The location of an earthquake ON LAND is called the...
  14. Which wave covers more land?
  15. Which wave travels faster?
  16. Where do earthquakes occur?
  17. What is the time difference between the arrival of the first Transverse Wave and the first Compression Wave?
  18. Lag Time is used to determine the _________ of an earthquake.
  19. Which layer of the mantle is a plastic, taffy-like layer?
  20. Which layer of the mantle is rigid and solid?

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