Tectonic Plates and Earthquakes, Rocks and Crust

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1. Occurring on May 22, 1960, in which country was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded up to that time? Russia Ecuador Chile U.S.A

2. There are three types of rocks. Into which category does limestone fall? Metamorphic Igneous Sedimentary Hard

3. How quickly do tectonic plates move? 100-200km each year 1-2cm each year 1-2km each year 100-200cm each year

4. Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? Richter Gutenberg Lyell Wegener

5. Earthquakes happen somewhere on Earth every 11 seconds? True False

6. What would describe the usual temperature 2,000 million years ago? Warm Hot Freezing Cool

7. What is below the crust? Inner Core Mantle Outer Core Absolutely Nothing

8. How thick is the oceans' crust? 6-10km 6-10m 60-10m 60-10km

9. Uluru is earth's largest rock? True False

10. How many tectonic plates are there? 29 21 25 17

11. Where would you find the "Ring of Fire?" Southern Atlantic Pacific Indian

12. Once,in China, an earthquake killed about 830,000 people? True False

13. Frederick Mohs created the Mohs' Scale. This scale ranges from 1-10 and tells you the hardness of a mineral. What is the hardest mineral in any scale? Talc Topaz Diamond Corondum

14. How old is earth? 5.5 billion years 3.7 billion years 6.4 billion years 4.6 billion years

15. The moon has tectonic plates? True False