- 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) Ring of Fire
B) Pacific Ring
C) Earthquake Zone
D) Mt. Fuji
- 3. The different plates on the earth are always moving by pushing and sliding against each other. This is called...
A) continental drift
B) platology
C) Pangea
D) seismography
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) seismograph
B) richter scale
C) neumograph
D) mercalli scale
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) flying plates
B) continental drift
C) subduction
D) seismic
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) Africa
B) India
C) Hawaii
D) Greenland
- 7. Where does the lava from volcanoes originates from?
A) Crust
B) Core
C) Mantle
D) Ocean
- 8. This is used to measure how powerful an earthquake is.
A) Richter Scale
B) Mercalli 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) 7.3
C) 9.1
D) 2.4
- 10. What is the center point of an earthquake called?
A) fault
B) epicenter
C) center line
D) plate
- 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) Hawaii
B) Japan
C) Iceland
D) Iraq
- 14. What location would you likely find the "pillow" like lava formations?
A) Caulderas
B) Fred's Beds
C) Cone type Mountain
D) Ocean Floor
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) South Dakota
B) Kentucky
C) Vermont
D) California
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Deserts
B) Rivers
C) Mountains
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) Marsh
B) Bedrock
C) Landfill
D) Fault Zone
- 19. An earthquake in the ocean that produces large waves is called this.
A) Seismograph
B) Hurricane
C) Typhoon
D) Tsunami
- 20. True or False: Large waves can destroy buildings.
A) True
B) False
- 21. Plates that push together are called
A) Transform
B) Divergent
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) Mountains
B) Islands
C) Rift
- 25. The continent that has the fewest number of major earthquakes is...
A) South America
B) Africa
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) Pyroclastic Flow
D) Noxious Gases
- 28. What are the long tubes that come out of the Magma chamber and stretch up the length of the volcano?
A) cauldera
B) vent
C) conduit
D) cone
- 29. High viscosity magma means what?
A) large amounts of gas
B) thick, sticky magma
C) all of these
D) causes highly explosive eruptions
- 30. What comes out of a effusive eruption?
A) just gas and ash
B) high viscosity magma
C) low viscosity lava
D) hydrothermal eruptions
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