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