Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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

• P waves
• S waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A  line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 

• Ring of Fire
• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands
• Caribbean Islands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Hotspots are better able to form on ____ lithosphere.

• oceanic
• continental

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Waves move out through the ground from the ..........

• rift
• focus
• epicenter
• fault line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What do geologists notice about the rocks along the sea floor?

• They get older as they get farther away from mid ocean ridges

• They get thicker closer to continents

• Density is impossible to measure

• Youngest parts of the crust are along the continents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

• Divergent Boundary
• Hot Spot
• Subduction Boundary
• Transform Boundary

Where are most volcanoes found?

• Southern Hemisphere
• Ring of Fire
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Hot Spots

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2