Volcanoes and Earthquakes

What causes an Eartquake?

• Earth's plates moving past and against each other.

• Earth's plates moving towards each other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The strength and size of an earthquake is measured using the ..........

• Seconds

• Richter Scale

Magma is .............. that can come to the Earth's surface through a volcanoe.

• A liquid rock

• A solid rock

The weakest Earthquake measure a .......

• 10

• 1

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes that measure 10 on the Richter Scale are very ......

• rare

• common

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the difference between a Plate boundary and a Fault?

• A plate boundary makes volcanoes and a fault makes mountains.

• A plate boundary is where any two plates touch and a fault is where any two moving plates meet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is happening with Earth's plates in The Ring of Fire?

• The Plates are moving around and change the Earth.

• The plates are falling apart.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

______ are the vibrations of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy in the lithosphere.

• Foci

• Epicenters

• Earthquakes

• Faults

Where is an earthquake the strongest?

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Focus

What are interactions of the Earth's rigid lithospheric plates as they slide slowly over the asthenosphere.

• transform

• Mantle

• convection currents

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3