Earthquakes and Volcanoes

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California:

• Sierra Nevada Seismic Zone
• Denali Fault
• San Fransisco 
• San Andreas

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram.
• focus seismic map.
• focus.
• seismograph.

The Richter scale measures

• the amount of radon gas released.
• the damage caused.
• the strength of an earthquake.
• the weight of tectonic plates.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus called?

• hypocenter
• compression
• magnitude
• epicenter

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

• P waves
• S waves
• R waves
• L waves

Which wave is the most destructive?

• P - Primary
• S - Secondary
• Surface Wave
• Normal

Earthquakes that are closer to the earth's surface are more dangerous than the ones that occur deeper below the Earth's surface. 

• True 
• False

Which kind of waves can NOT travel through a liquid?

• P waves
• S waves
• Radio waves
• X rays

A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth is called a ___________ .

• Richter Scale
• Seismograph
• Seismic Waves
• Magnitude

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of ___________ .

• volcanoes forming over a hot spot
• volcanoes forming along a plate boundary
• the Ring of Fire
• continental drift