Earthquakes, Tremors and Shakes o my!

What is the main cause of earthquakes and volcanoes?  

• The movement of oceans
• The movement of tectonic plates
• The movement of continental plates only
• The movement of oceanic plates only 

What is an anticline?

• A fold that bends up
• A fold that bends down 

What is a syncline? 

• A fold that bends down 
• A fold that bends up

Why do scientists expect earthquakes at the San Andreas fault?

• It is located at a transform boundary
• It is located near the ocean
• tacos
• turtles 

How do active volcanoes create more land?

• The lava cools and melts
• The lava heats and hardens
• The lava cools and hardens 
• The volcanoes shoot through the ocean 

When rocks break and the energy that was stored in the rock is suddenly released

• volcano
• earthquake
• continental drift
• plate tectonics plate tectonics 

What two things occur above an earthquake on earth's surface?

• Earthquakes and tsunamis
• Volcanoes and tsunamis
• Earthquakes and volcanoes
• Tsunamis and mountains 

Occur at the Ring of Fire, caused by tectonic plates

• earthquake
• volcano
• earthquake and volcano
• none 

New rock is created where on earth?

• Rift valley
• Mid Ocean Ridge
• Deep ocean trench
• the core 

Where is old rock subducted?

• Deep ocean trench
• Mid ocean ridge
• rift valleys
• transform boundaries