Quiz about Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Fault

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Earthquake

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Epicenter

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Focus

Question 2

The earth has a layer of rock around it called the

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crust

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fault

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plates

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pressure

Question 3

How do earthquakes happen?

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When two plates break away from each other after they were stuck

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When plates move away from each other

Question 4

Why do tectonic Plates move?

Accepted Answer

Convection Currents

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Geothermal Energy

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Heat from the sun

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Earthquakes

Question 5

Earthquakes mainly occur at which boundaries...

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Convergent, Transform

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Divergent, Convergent

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Transform, Divergent

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All of them

Question 6

the most common plate with earthquakes

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transform boundaries

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divergent boundaries

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convergent boundaries

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plate boundaries

Question 7

where subduction start

Accepted Answer

convergent boundaries

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divergent boundaries

Question 8

two plates move away from eachother

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Divergent boundaries

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Transform boundaries

Question 9

plates move past eachother

Accepted Answer

Transform boundaries

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Divergent boundaries

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Convergent boundaries

Question 10

The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.

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crust

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core

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mantle

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outer core

Question 11

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.

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plates

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crust

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directions

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seismos

Question 12

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

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San Andreas

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New Madrid

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Denali Fault

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Ramapo Seismic Zone

Question 13

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

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Puzzles

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Earthquakes

Question 14

What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

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Lava

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Mafic Magma

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Felsic Magma

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None of these

Question 15

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

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Ring of Fire

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Circle of Fire

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Ring of Lava

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Circle of Magma

Question 16

Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.

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True

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False

Question 17

Volcanoes are found...

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all of the above

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on land

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under water

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on islands

Question 18

What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt?

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Volcano

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Divergent Boundary

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Magma

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Subduction Boundary

Question 19

I am molten rock beneath the Earth's surface and am very hot. What is my name?

Accepted Answer

Magma

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Dust, ash, and rock

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Vent

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Lava

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