- 1. Cracks in the earth where rock is crushed and bent.
A) p-lines
B) v-lines
C) earthquakes
D) faults
- 2. Area around the Pacific Ocean with lots of earthquake and volcano activity.
A) Pacific Ring
B) Earthquake Zone
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) platology
B) Pangea
C) seismography
D) continental drift
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) mercalli scale
B) neumograph
C) seismograph
D) richter scale
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) subduction
B) seismic
C) continental drift
D) flying plates
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) India
B) Hawaii
C) Africa
D) Greenland
- 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) Zonometer
B) Richter Scale
C) Mercalli Scale
D) Seismo Scale
- 9. An earthquake of this magnitude would cause minor damage, but would probably not destroy any buildings
A) 2.4
B) 6.2
C) 7.3
D) 9.1
- 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) Greek
C) Elturo
D) Pangea
- 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) Hawaii
D) Japan
- 14. What location would you likely find the "pillow" like lava formations?
A) Caulderas
B) Fred's Beds
C) Ocean Floor
D) Cone type Mountain
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) California
B) Kentucky
C) South Dakota
D) Vermont
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Rivers
B) Deserts
C) Rain forests
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) Landfill
B) Fault Zone
C) Bedrock
D) Marsh
- 19. An earthquake in the ocean that produces large waves is called this.
A) Seismograph
B) Typhoon
C) Hurricane
D) Tsunami
- 20. True or False: Large waves can destroy buildings.
A) False
B) True
- 21. Plates that push together are called
A) Convergent
B) Transform
C) Divergent
- 22. Plates that push apart are called
A) Transform
B) Divergent
C) Convergent
- 23. Plates that slide past one another
A) Convergent
B) Divergent
C) Transform
- 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) North America
B) Europe
C) South America
D) Africa
- 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) Liquefaction
B) Noxious Gases
C) Lahars
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) cauldera
B) vent
C) cone
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) low viscosity lava
C) hydrothermal eruptions
D) just gas and ash
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