Earthquake and Volcano Unit Test

The Pacific ring of volcanos that erupt and cause tsunami is called what?

• Ring Of Fire
• Volcanic Ring
• Ring or the Pacific
• Epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale

This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins

• epicenter
• focus
• fault line
• tectonic plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

_________________________ is hot, molten, or melted rock which reaches the surface of the Earth.

• magma
• lava
• volcano
• earthquake

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

The state of _______________________ is a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean.

• Hawaii
• Japan
• California
• Volcano