- 1. Cracks in the earth where rock is crushed and bent.
A) earthquakes
B) faults
C) v-lines
D) p-lines
- 2. Area around the Pacific Ocean with lots of earthquake and volcano activity.
A) Earthquake Zone
B) Mt. Fuji
C) Ring of Fire
D) Pacific Ring
- 3. The different plates on the earth are always moving by pushing and sliding against each other. This is called...
A) Pangea
B) continental drift
C) platology
D) seismography
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) richter scale
B) seismograph
C) mercalli scale
D) neumograph
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) seismic
B) flying plates
C) subduction
D) continental drift
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) Africa
B) Hawaii
C) Greenland
D) India
- 7. Where does the lava from volcanoes originates from?
A) Mantle
B) Core
C) Crust
D) Ocean
- 8. This is used to measure how powerful an earthquake is.
A) Seismo Scale
B) Zonometer
C) Mercalli Scale
D) Richter Scale
- 9. An earthquake of this magnitude would cause minor damage, but would probably not destroy any buildings
A) 9.1
B) 6.2
C) 7.3
D) 2.4
- 10. What is the center point of an earthquake called?
A) center line
B) plate
C) fault
D) epicenter
- 11. The name of the land mass that had all of the 7 continents together on it.
A) Elturo
B) Greek
C) Pangea
D) Palia
- 12. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in Iowa
A) True
B) False
- 13. What Island Nation did we watch on the video experience a massive Tsunami that caused enormous damage and death
A) Japan
B) Iraq
C) Iceland
D) Hawaii
- 14. What location would you likely find the "pillow" like lava formations?
A) Fred's Beds
B) Cone type Mountain
C) Caulderas
D) Ocean Floor
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) South Dakota
B) California
C) Vermont
D) Kentucky
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Rain forests
B) Deserts
C) Rivers
D) Mountains
- 17. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in a rain forest biome.
A) False
B) True
- 18. What is the best type of land to build on?
A) Marsh
B) Bedrock
C) Fault Zone
D) Landfill
- 19. An earthquake in the ocean that produces large waves is called this.
A) Hurricane
B) Tsunami
C) Seismograph
D) Typhoon
- 20. True or False: Large waves can destroy buildings.
A) False
B) True
- 21. Plates that push together are called
A) Divergent
B) Transform
C) Convergent
- 22. Plates that push apart are called
A) Convergent
B) Divergent
C) Transform
- 23. Plates that slide past one another
A) Convergent
B) Transform
C) Divergent
- 24. This type of land formation often forms around divergent plates
A) Islands
B) Rift
C) Mountains
- 25. The continent that has the fewest number of major earthquakes is...
A) South America
B) Europe
C) Africa
D) North America
- 26. An earthquake that measured 2.0 on the Richter Scale...
A) Would shake walls and knock things off tables
B) Would not be felt, but could be detected by a seismograph
C) Would cause minor damage to buildings
D) Would cause major damage
- 27. Which of the following is NOT a lethal component of a volcano?
A) Noxious Gases
B) Liquefaction
C) Pyroclastic Flow
D) Lahars
- 28. What are the long tubes that come out of the Magma chamber and stretch up the length of the volcano?
A) conduit
B) vent
C) cauldera
D) cone
- 29. High viscosity magma means what?
A) all of these
B) thick, sticky magma
C) large amounts of gas
D) causes highly explosive eruptions
- 30. What comes out of a effusive eruption?
A) hydrothermal eruptions
B) just gas and ash
C) high viscosity magma
D) low viscosity lava
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