Quiz #2
Seismic Waves and Layers of the Earth
Name: ____________________________
Gr. & Sec.: _________________________
I. Choose the BEST answer.
1) What are seismic waves caused by?
a) Volcanoes c) Earthquakes
b) Traffic d) Thunder
2) What causes Earthquakes?
a) The flow of magma
b) The expansion of the Earth’s crust
c) The contraction of the Earth's crust
d) The Earth’s plates rubbing
together
e) The explosion of volcanoes
3) What do we use to record seismic
waves?
a) Seisnoneter c) Seismonomer
b) Seismograph d) Seismoscope
4) P waves are:
a) Longitudinal c) Ultrasonic
b) Electromagnetic d) Transverse
5) S waves are:
a) Longitudinal c) Ultrasonic
b) Electromagnetic d) Transverse
6) P waves can travel through
a) Liquids but not solids
b) Solids but not liquids
c) Both liquids and solids
d) Neither solid or liquid
7) S waves can travel through
a) Liquids but not solids
b) Solids but not liquids
c) Both liquids and solids
d) Neither solid or liquid
8) Choose the correct statement:
a) P waves are slower than S waves
b) P waves have the same speed as S
waves
c) S waves are slower than P waves
d) It is not possible to record the
speed of S and P waves
9) Choose the correct statement:
a) Seismic waves travel faster
through less dense material
b) Seismic waves travel at one speed
regardless of the density of the material
c) It is not possible to record the
speed of seismic waves
d) Seismic waves travel faster
through more dense material
10) Good evidence that the density of
the Earth increases gradually within a
layer is where seismic waves:
a) suddenly change paths when the
density abruptly changes
b) travel in gently curving paths due
to refraction
c) travel in gently curving paths due
to total internal reflection
d) travel in straight lines through the
Earth
e) travel in gently curving paths due
to diffraction
11) Good evidence that the Earth has a
layered structure is where seismic
waves:
a) suddenly change paths when the
density abruptly changes
b) travel in gently curving paths due
to refraction
c) travel in gently curving paths due
to total internal reflection
d) travel in straight lines through the
Earth
e) travel in gently curving paths due
to diffraction
12) The Earth’s crust is best described
like this:
a) It is extremely viscous. It’s
density increases with depth which
extends almost halfway to the centre of
the Earth
b) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is liquid
and the inner part of which is solid
c) It is a thin layer of rock
d) It is extremely viscous - density
decreases with depth and which extends
almost halfway to the centre of the Earth
e) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is solid
and the inner part of which is liquid
13) The Earth’s mantle is best described
like this:
a) It is extremely viscous. It’s density
increases with depth which extends almost
halfway to the centre of the Earth
b) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is liquid
and the inner part of which is solid
c) It is a thin layer of rock
d) It is extremely viscous - density
decreases with depth and which extends
almost halfway to the centre of the Earth
e) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is solid
and the inner part of which is liquid
14) The Earth’s core is best described
like this:
a) It is extremely viscous. It’s density
increases with depth which extends almost
halfway to the centre of the Earth
b) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is liquid
and the inner part of which is solid
c) It is a thin layer of rock
d) It is extremely viscous - density
decreases with depth and which extends
almost halfway to the centre of the Earth
e) It is just over half of the Earth's
diameter, the outer part of which is solid
and the inner part of which is liquid
15. The arrangement of arrival of
seismic waves is:
a) P, S, Surface waves
b) S, P, Surface waves
c) Surface, S, P waves
d) P, Surface, S wave
16. Which Layer of Earth is directly
below the crust?
a)inner core
b)outer core
c)mesosphere
d)mantle
17. Earth's crust is divided into:
a) upper crust and lower crust
Date: __________
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b) eastern crust and western crust through liquids. These waves do not pass
c) continental crust and oceanic crust through the Earth's __________.
d) mountain crust and valley crust a) crust
18. Distinguish between the two standard b) outer core
ways to describe Earth's interior. c) mantle
a) Density is one way to describe d) inner core
Earth's layers and describing physical 23. The lithosphere is broken into pieces
properties is another way. called _________.
b) Temperature is one way to describe a) fault c) strata
Earth's layers while another way is the b) trenches d) plates
chemical make-up. 24. Geologist study Earth's interior using:
c) One way describes Earth's layers by a) large drills c) seismic waves
how old they are and the other way describes b) manned probes d) X-rays
the density. 25. The crust and upper mantle of the Earth
d) One way describes the layers by are together known as the ___________.
their physical properties while the other way a) stratosphere c) hydrosphere
describes the chemical b) lithosphere d) biosphere
19. The instrument that measures and 26. The coolest layer of the earth is
records earthquake waves is the... a) outer core c) mantle
a) seismograph b) inner core d) crust
b) barograph 27. The crust is made mostly of
c) Richter scale a) oxygen and silicon
d) specrograph b) iron and nickel
20. Scientists believe that c) copper and magnesium
_______________________. d) nitrogen
a) Earth's core is made up primarily of 28. An egg shell is a good model of the crust
iron and nickel because
b) Earth's stratosphere is made up a) it covers the outer surface of the egg
primarily of iron and nickel b) All of the choices
c) Earth's mantle is made up primarily c) it can be cracked into pieces like plates
of iron and nickel d) It's solid
d) Earth's crust is make up primarily of 29. The egg white was to represent the earth's
iron and nickel a) inner core c) crust
21. What is the correct order of the layers b) mantle d) mess
of Earth? 30. Scientists believe that the mantle's
a) lithosphere, upper and lower mantle, convection currents are caused by the heat of
asthenosphere, outer and inner core a) crust
b) outer and inner core, upper and b) sun
lower mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere c) volcanoes
c) upper and lower mantle, lithosphere, d) core
asthenosphere, outer and inner core
d) lithosphere, asthenosphere, upper
and lower mantle, outer and inner core
22. Certain seismeic waves will not pass