Earthquakes & Volcanoes Review

Earthquakes are caused by 

• sudden movements of rock along a fault
• sudden movement of water
• seismic gaps
• too much drilling along plate boundaries

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• in the Earth's mantle
• in the center of tectonic plates
• at the Earth's inner core
• along tectonic plate boundaries

Earthquakes occur along these.

• Bedrock
• Sanstone Piles
• Fault Lines
• Crages

What is the name of the instrument used to measure the waves of an earthquake?

• Richter Scale
• Octograph
• Seismograph
• Fault detecor

2. Which wave is this...

• Surface Wave
• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave

3. Which type of wave is this...

• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave
• Surface Wave

4. What type of wave is this...

• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave
• Surface Wave

5. Which type of wave travels the fastest?

• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave
• Surface Wave

1. What is a fault?

• A type of earthquake.
• A break in a piece of rock or plate.
• A type of wave

8. Which of the following plate boundary is it when plates move side to side?

• Convection
• Convergent
• Transform