Earthquakes and Volcanoes

What is the violent shaking of Earth's crust as built-up energy is released.

• earthquake
• epicenter
• fault
• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• earthquake
• epicenter
• fault
• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What do you call the crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes place?

• earthquake
• epicenter
• fault
• focus

Name the point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs.

• earthquake
• epicenter
• fault
• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

• lava
• fault
• focus
• magma

What do you call waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly?

• thermal waves
• energy waves
• seismic waves
•  magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What do you call melted rock once it hardens on the Earth's surface?

• focus
• magma
• lava
• seismic waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which boundary presses together?

• sliding boundary
• converging boundary
• diverging boundary
• transform boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the name of the instrument used to measure the waves of an earthquake?

• Richter Scale
• Octograph
• Seismograph
• Fault detecor

When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?

• Divergent Plates
• Convergent Plates
• Transform Boundaries
• Mountain ranges