Chapter 9 (volcanos and Earthquakes

Where do the strongest earthquakes take place?

• Convergent boundraies

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• hot spots

A large hole formed when a volcano's summit is destroyed is called a _____

• caldera

• hole

• epicenter

• vent

Where on a plate do earthquakes take place?

• the center of the plate

• plate boundary

• plumes

• on top of the plate

What type of fault is the San Andreas fault?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• disvergent

A vent in the earth through which magma flows is a(n)

• earthquake

• volcano

• subduction zone

• divergent boundary

S waves can travel through

• solids

• liquids

• both

• none

P waves can travel through

• liquids

• solids

• both

• none

What has studying earthquakes helped scientists do?

• Map the interior of the Earth

• Map the oceans

• Map the inside of mountains

• Map the moon

Which scale uses the amount of ground motion at a given distance to determine magnitude? It has a scale of 0 to ?

• Richter scale

• Mercalli Scale

• F scale

• GSA scale

Where do most volcanoes occur in the United States?

• interior

• western coast

• eastern coast

• north