Earth & Space Science Week 3 Review

Describe how a tiltmeter works to detect volcanic eruptions. (Short answer question)

• It causes gases to build up pressure and tilt the ground. The tiltmeter detects the change and warns of a volcanic eruption.

• The tiltmeter tilts back and forth to detect changes.

• There is no change.

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What is a tectonic plate?

• a machine that measures earthquakes

• a powerful force that creates wind

• a buildup of lava and rocks

• a huge selection of the Earth's crust

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Which state is made up of volcanic islands?

• Alaska

• California

• Hawaii

• Oregon

Which is not a way that tectonic plates can move?

• join together to form a new plate

• smash into each other

• slide past each other

• pull apart from each other

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When the large plates in the Earth's crust move, it can cause ______________.

• a caldera

• a geyser

• an earthquake

• a volcano

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The first people to invent a machine to detect earthquakes were the _________________________.

• ancient Greeks

• ancient Chinese

• ancient Indians

• ancient Romans

What is the name of the bowl-shaped part of a volcano where trees can grow and people sometimes live?

• a caldera

• a geyser

• an earthquake

• a volcano

What is the name of the machine that Jacques Piccard invented and used to explore the Mariana Trench?

• a seismograph

• a tiltmeter

• an anemometer

• a bathyscaphe

What would be the best title for this diagram that involves heating water to make geysers, pushing apart tectonic plates, and forcing through the Earth's crust to make volcanoes.

• The Forces of Stream

• The Power of Magma

• The Movement of the Earth's Plates

• The Energy of Earthquakes

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What is a hot spring in which water intermittently boils that sends tall columns of water and steam into the air?

• a caldera

• a geyser

• an earthquake

• a volcano

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