Earthquakes

What is a dormant volcano?

• molten rock

• the center of a volcano

• will never erupt again

• a volcano that is sleeping, but could erupt agian

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

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What causes earthquakes?

• Millions of people jumping at once

• The earth rotating

• The movement of plate tectonics

• Gravity

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Transform, Convergent, Divergent
• Apart, Together, Slide
• Slide, Pull away, Push together

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What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram

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Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?

• The rock in the interior of a tectonic plate is stronger, so it does not deform.

• Earthquakes take place where the motion of tectonic plates transfers energy to rock.

• Earthquakes can only occur at places where magma can reach the surface and transfer energy to rocks.

• Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another plate, which happens only at plate boundaries.

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