Chapter 3: Lesson 1 & 2 Pretest

1.

2 points

What are landforms?

Manmade features on the Earth's surface.

Natural features on the Earth's surface.

Manmade features below the Earth's surface.

Natural features below the Earth's surface.

2.

2 points

What is a continental shelf?

Connects the continent to the ocean floor.

The steeper part of the continent that slopes down toward the ocean floor.

The land connecting shore to sea.

Long mountain ranges that stretch through the middle of some oceans.

3.

2 points

What is the continental rise?

Connects the continent to the ocean floor.

The steeper part of the continent that slopes down toward the ocean floor.

The land connecting shore to sea.

Long mountain ranges that stretch through the middle of some oceans.

4.

2 points

What is the continental slope?

Connects the continent to the ocean floor.

The steeper part of the continent that slopes down toward the ocean floor.

The land connecting shore to sea.

Long mountain ranges that stretch through the middle of some oceans.

5.

2 points

What are plates?

Pieces of the Earth that are made of the crust and move.

Pieces of the Earth that are made of the inner core and move.

Pieces of Earth that are made of the outer core and move.

Pieces of Earth that are made of the mantle and move.

6.

2 points

A long narrow crack in the crust.

fault

volcano

earthquake

seismograph

7.

2 points

A sudden shaking of the Earth's crust.

seismograph

volcano

earthquake

tsunami

8.

2 points

A giant wave created by an earthquake

volcano

tsunami

fault

earthquake

9.

2 points

A mountain that builds up around an opening in the Earth's crust.

seismograph

volcano

fault

tsunami

10.

2 points

The instrument that is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.

fault

volcano

tsunami

seismograph

11.

2 points

Magma is...

melted rock

ashes

lava

12.

2 points

Lava is...

melted rock

What magma turns into when it reaches Earth's surface.

ashes.

13.

1 point

are vibrations that are caused by earthquakes.

14.

1 point

is when a volcano forces materials from the Earth's interior out of it's opening.

15.

1 point

is a narrow v-shaped valley that is formed from a river.