Oklahoma Sixth Grade Science Review Quiz

An active volcanic area on earth is found at_______.

• Diverging Boundaries

• Converging Boundaries

• Hot Spots

• All of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The weak point in the Earth’s crust where hot magma rises and reaches the earth’s surface is call the __________.

• Main vent

• Crater

• Mgma chamber

• Secondary Cone

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Which type of volcano is currently resting, but could erupt sometime in the future?

• Dormant

• Active

• Extinct

• All of these

Which type of volcano is built by alternating layers of lava flows and ash flows? It can be very explosive.

• Composite

• Cinder Cone

• Lava Dome

• Shield

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of volcano is built by alternating layers of lava flows and ash flows? It can be very explosive.

• Composite

• Cinder cone

• Shield

• Lava Dome

The point within the earth where the earthquake originates.

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Hot spot

• Strike-slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which seismic wave is the first to reach a seismic station?

• P wave

• S wave

• Q wave

• Surface wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which theory helped scientists understand how and where volcanoes erupt?

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Relativity

• Theory of the Rock Cycle

• Big Bang Theory

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The cycle of old rocks turning into new rocks is called_____.

• the sedimentary cycle

• the fossil cycle

• the mineral cycle

• the rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An igneous rock with large crystals in it would have formed from __.

• conglomerate

• lava

• magma

• all of these