Plate Tectonics

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Surface
• Crust

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the

• core
• lava
• magma
• mantle

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire
• Ring of Lava
• Ring of Fire
• Circle of Magma

Which type of volcano has recently erupted or will soon erupt?

• Active
• Dormant
• Extinct

Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

• along plate boundaries

• near the center of continents

• near water

• on the moon