Andrea Test Paper

Question 1

Crust and upper mantle

Answer 1

Lithosphere

Question 2

Beginning point of an earthquake

Answer 2

Focus

Question 3

Scientists who studies the movement of the earth

Answer 3

Seismologists

Question 4

Point on earth’s surface directly above the focus

Answer 4

Epicenter

Question 5

Strength of an earthquakes seismic waves

Answer 5

Magnitude

Question 6

Give three causes of an earthquake

Answer 6

Volcanic eruption
Seafloor spreading
Moving of plate tectonics

Question 7

Plate bounderies move horizontally past each other

Answer 7

Transforming

Question 8

Plate bounderies push together forcing rock upward

Answer 8

Converging

Question 9

Plate bounderies move apart forming a gap

Answer 9

Diverging

Question 10

It is the part of typhoon with the heaviest precipitation

Answer 10

Eye wall

Question 11

This is the part of a typhoon where wind is light or where there is calm

Answer 11

Eye of a typhoon

Question 12

It is a tropical cyclone with a maximum sustained wind speed of 36 to 63 km/h

Answer 12

Tropical depression

Question 13

It is an intense low pressure system with a minimum sustained wind of 35km/h

Answer 13

Tropical cyclone

Question 14

It is a tropical cyclone with a maximum sustained wind of more than 117 km/h

Answer 14

Typhoon

Question 15

The side of the mountain in which the wind is blowing

Answer 15

Windward side