Volcanoes and Earthquakes

What is subduction?

• one plate collides with another
• one plate destroys another
• one plate goes beneath another
• one plate divides another

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

• March Maddness

• Earthquake Alley

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Death

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

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What is mostly likely the cause of an earthquake?

• stress due to movement in Earth's crust
• gravitational variation due to Moon's orbit around Earth
• temperature variation due to Earth's orbit around the Sun
• rotational imbalance due to changes in Earth's poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Transdermal

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The epicenter of an earthquake is

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
• The seismic station closest to the earthquake
• The place where the greatest damage occurs
• The point on the surface directly above the focus

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

• P waves
• S waves

Shield volcanoes have:

• gently sloping sides
• a steep cone shape
• moderately sized sides
• long cracks along plate boundaries