Earthquake and Volcanoes Review

The Ring of Fire is located around the______________.

• Pacific Plate

• Atlantic Plate

• Australian Plate

• North American Plate

How many seismograph stations are need to locate an epicenter?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

You can tell how far away an earthquake occurs by measuring.....

• when P-waves arrive

• the difference in arrival time between P and S-waves

• When S-waves stop

• When Surface waves stop

Which type of volcano has non-explosive eruptions?

• Composite

• Shield

• Cinder Cone

Which type of magma is responsible for non-explosive eruptions?

• Basaltic

• Andesitic

• Rhyolitic

80% of volcanoes occur at....

• transform boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• hot spots

• convergent boundaries

According to the Richter scale a 9.0 earthquake is _____ times more intense than an 8.0 earthquake.

• 10

• 32

• 5

• 2

In a series of hot spot volcanoes, the volcano currently located directly over the hot spot is the ___________.

• oldest

• youngest

This type of seismic wave can travel through solids and liquids.

• P-waves

• S-waves

• Surface waves

This is a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcano.

• Fault

• Crater

• Stress

• Caldera