Rapid Earth Surface Changes

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

• In the Atlantic Ocean

• In the Pacific Ocean

• In the Indian Ocean

• In a volcano

What is the Ring of fire?

• It is an area of many volcanoes in the Pacific

• It is a forest fire in California.

• It is where EVERY volcano exists

• It is a volcano that forms a ring, or circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Why are there many volcanoes in the Ring of Fire?

• Because it has a lot of magma

• It is the result of tsunamis

• There are many forest fires there

• It is on many faults, where the plates meet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is NOT a layer of the Earth

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Magma

The Earth now has 7 continents because of

• Continental Drift

• Pangaea

• The Ring of Fire

• Oceanic Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which section of the Earth's interior is liquid?

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

Which is NOT a rapid change to the Earth's surface?

• Earthquake

• Glacier

• Landslide

• Volcano

The layer of rock lying below the crust is the

• Mantle

• Core

• Outer Core

• Pangaea

A break in the Earth's outer layer of rocks is called

• A fault

• An earthquake

• A focus

• An epicenter

This is the tool that scientists use to measure the magnitude of an earthquake

• Tilt-o-meter

• Focus

• Richter Scale

• Seismograph