Earthquakes & Volcanoes End of Unit test

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

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

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

• P Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• S Wave
• Shear Wave

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismogram
• Seismograph

A fracture in Earth's lithosphere along which blocks of rock move past each other

• Focus

• Fault

• Stress

• Earthquake

The vibrations caused by an earthquake

• tsunami

• seismic waves

• epicenter

• aftershock

Where is an earthquake most likely to occur?

• plate boundaries

• volcano

• hot spots

• withing a continental plate

______________boundaries are where plates pull apart from one another.

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

________________boundaries are where plates collide into one another.

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

____________boundaries are where plates slide past one another.

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent