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