EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES

EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES

Assessment

Assessment

Created by

Sheila Brockers White

Science

9th - 10th Grade

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20 questions

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The epicenter of an earthquake is

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

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The Richter scale measures:

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

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Name the point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs.

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What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

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What do you call waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly?

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Where do many earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the Pacific Ocean?

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Which boundary presses together?

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Earthquakes occur along these.

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