Lesson 3: Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

The strongest point of an earthquake

• epicenter

• mantle

• fault

• earthquake

contains most of Earth's mass and is the thickest layer of Earth

• crust

• core

• mantle

• fault

shaking of the ground at a moving fault

• focus

• earthquake

• core

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earth's thinnest, outer layer

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

• crust

The point where an earthquake begins

• epicenter

• earthquake

• fault

• focus

inner layer of the Earth at the center

• core

• fault

• crust

• mantle

a break in the crust where rock can slide past other rock

• focus

• fault

• core

• mantle

True or False

The temperature of Earth gets colder the closer you move toward the core.

• True

• False

Earth's liquid metal layer

• inner core

• outer core

• volcano

• mantle

Earth's solid metal layer

• crust

• layers

• inner core

• mantle