Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

Shaking of Earth's crust

• core

• earthquake

• epicenter

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Deepest layer of Earth

• core

• earthquake

• epicenter

• mantle

Thickest layer, made of solid and melted rock

• core

• earthquake

• epicenter

• mantle

The point on Earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake

• core

• earthquake

• epicenter

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A layer of Earth that includes land and the ocean floor

• seismograph

• fault

• focus

• crust

• plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle

• seismograph

• fault

• focus

• crust

• plates

Break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

• seismograph

• fault

• focus

• crust

• plates

An instrument that records earthquake waves

• seismograph

• fault

• focus

• crust

• plates

Underground point where an earthquake first starts

• seismograph

• fault

• focus

• crust

• plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Fill in the blank. What term describes the point in the picture?

• lava

• crater

• magma