Earthquake & Volcanoes

Earthquakes generate _______ that travel through the Earth

• seismic waves
• explosions
• lava plumes
• ruptures

Earthquakes occur when rocks slip along ________.

• cracks
• slopes
• faults
• volcanoes

True or False?
Earthquakes don't kill people; falling buildings kill people.

• True
• False

What type of volcano is Mt. St. Helens?

• shield
• composite
• cinder cone
• active

A  line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 

• Ring of Fire
• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands
• Caribbean Islands

This volcano is most likely which type of volcano?

• Felsic
• Composite
• Shield
• Cinder cone

Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....

• Silica
• Rock
• lava

A  place above a mantle plume where melted rock can form a volcano is a 

• fissure
• mantle plume
• hotspot
• volcano

An  example of islands that formed over a hotspot are the

• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands

Volcanoes can be found...

• on land
• under water
• on islands
• all of the above