Earthquakes & Volcanos Review

The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface is called an __________________

• tsunami

• earthquake

• volcano

• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

When a volcano is not currently active but able to become active in the future is called ___________________

• extinct

• fault

• hot spot

• dormat

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called a ______________

• tension

• stress

• fault

• dormat

When a volcano is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again is called ____________________

• extinct

• fault

• tension

• dormat

Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle is called __________________

• tension

• stress

• dormat

• fault

An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through is called a ____________________

• fault

• dormat

• hot spot

• stress

Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is called ______________

• fault

• compression

• shearing

• tension

Liquid magma that reaches the surface is called _____________

• magma

• fault

• lava

• hot spot

A molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water, from the mantle is called _____________________

• magma

• lava

• hot spot

• dormat

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement is called __________________

• compression

• fault

• tension

• shearing