Earthquakes and Volcanoes

An underground holding pool for hot magma is called (C19)

• chamber

• crust

• mantle

• magma chamber

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Scientists use a _______ to measure earthquake waves. (C14)

• plates

• earthquake

• seismograph

• fault

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-1

A vibration of the Earth's crust is an ________ (C12)

• magma

• earthquake

• epicenter

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A large basin that can form at the top of a volcano is a _______(C20)

• crater

• magma chamber

• vent

• lava

Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a long, narrow, rocky tube called a ______. (C18)

• magma chamber

• crust

• vent

• focus

_____ is melted rock that flows out onto Earth's surface. (C18)

• mantle

• magma

• crust

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If you somehow dug down to Earth's center, the first two layers you would pass through are the ______ and ______. (C6)

• crust and mantle

• mantle and core

• core and crust

• crust and basement

Hot melted rock that is underground is called _______.(C18)

• core

• lava

• fault

• magma

The deepest layer of the earth is called (C6)

• mantle

• crust

• core

• basement

The point on Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the ______. (C13)

• epicenter

• plates

• fault

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2