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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Authored by Aimee Pearson

Science

6th - 9th Grade

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the volcanic activity on Earth occurs

along mid-ocean ridges

along transform plate boundaries

at hot spots

within the crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

High energy earthquakes occur

away from plate boundaries

away from divergent plate boundaries

on convergent plate boundaries

on transform plate boundaries

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Large and explosive volcanic eruptions can change climate because

ash and gas that erupt high into the atmosphere can reflect sunlight

the magma that erupts is hot

volcanic ash keeps Earth from losing its heat

volcanic mountains block solar radiation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an earthquake?

a fault at a convergent plate boundary

a wave of water in the crust

energy released as rocks break and move along a fault

the elastic strain stored in rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which can show the amount of energy released by an earthquake?

A lag time graph

The Modified Mercalli Scale

The Moment Magnitude Scale

The Richter Magnitude Scale

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The location of an earthquake can be determined from seismic data recorded by at least

one seismometer

two seismometers

three seismometers

four seismometers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Along which type of plate boundaries do the deepest earthquakes occur?

convergent

divergent

passive

transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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