Earthquakes and Volcanoes Review

The center point on the surface of an earthquake represented by letter R is called what?

• Center point
• Focus
• Epicenter
• Seismic waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The center point on the surface of an earthquake represented by letter R is called what?

• Center point
• Focus
• Epicenter
• Seismic waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is the San Andreas?

• Convergent
• Transform
• Optimus Prime
• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a break in the rock layers called?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

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

In this image we have magma rising to the surface and exiting in small amounts. A volcanic mountain has not  yet formed. What do we call this?

• Hot Spot
• Volcano
• Fault-Block

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth
• lava is the chamber that magma flows
• lava is the Earth's crust

What is subduction?

• one plate collides with another
• one plate destroys another
• one plate goes beneath another
• one plate divides another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What types of waves are released from an earthquake?

• Energy Waves
• Sonic Waves
• Seismic Waves

Some volcanoes in the Ring of Fire were formed near

• hot spots.
• subduction zones.
• divergent boundaries.
• normal faults.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3