Earthquakes, Mountains and Volcanoes

Earth’s rigid outer layers are broken up into_________

• tectonic plates

• diverging boundaries

• inner and outer core

• Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What instrument measures the strength of an Earthquake?

• seismograph

• anemometer

• MMA Scale

• shakeometer

The temperature of Earth’s interior_______________.

• Increases with depth

• Decreases with depth

• Is hotter on the outside

• Is cool enough to dig to the center

Where does most mountain formation take place?

• Ring of Fire

• At mid- ocean ridges

• At plate boundaries

• At fjords

The outermost layer of Earth is called the ________________________

• lithosphere

• crust

• core

• mantle

The _____________________________ is composed of the solid upper mantle and the crust.

• lithosphere

• crust

• plate tectonics

• core

The _________________________ of an earthquake is the point underground where faulting occurs.

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

• eruption

The layer of Earth between the crust and the outer core is called the ________________________.

• mantle

• core

• crust

• inner core

Shock waves of energy released in an earthquake are called ______________________.

• seismic waves

• tectonic plates

• epicenter waves

• focus waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The release of energy along a fault causes an ___________________________.

• earthquake

• volcano

• mountain formation

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2