Earthquakes and Volcanoes vocab

What is the name of the scale by which earthquakes are measured?

• seismographs

• Richter Scale

• Beaufort Scale

• Epicentre

What is the point at on the earth's surface that is directly above the origin of the earthquake?

• focus

• epicentre

• magnitude

• hotspot

The point at which an earthquake begins is called the ________.

Cone shaped volcanoes with devestating destructiev force are called ____________ volcanoes.

__________ volcanoes are formed at weaknesses in the Earth's crust.

Viscous lava has more acid and is most likely to be

• runny

• watery

• thick

• cool

a volcano that has regular eruptions

• active

• dormant

• shield

• extinct

a volcano that has not erupted for many years but activity is still detected.

• active

• composite

• dormant

• extinct

a volcano that will not erpt again as no activity os detected

• active

• inactive

• dormant

• extinct

the strength of an earthquake is also known as it's _________.

• richter scale

• magnitude

• effects

• destruction