Earthquakes and Volcanoes Mini Review 2021

When the Earth's crust starts shaking - we call that a ________.

• earthquake

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the deepest layer of Earth?

• earthquake

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

What is the thickest layer of Earth and made of solid and melted rock?

• earthquake

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

What is the point on Earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake?

• earthquake

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the layer of Earth that includes land and the ocean floor?

• crust

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

• focus

What are the continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle?

• crust

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a break in Earth's crust along which rocks move?

• crust

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

• focus

What is the instrument that records earthquake waves?

• crust

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

• focus

What do we call the underground point where an earthquake first starts?

• crust

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

• focus

What is Earth's hottest layer?

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core