Year4 Geo_ Unit 5 Earthquake and Volcano

A ___________ is an opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the Earth's surface.

• Volcano

• canyon

• valley

• earthquake

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• March Maddness

• Earthquake Alley

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Death

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

• lava is the chamber that magma flows

• lava is the Earth's crust

• lava has a different chemical composition than magma

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Biosphere

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tectonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• Mountains

What is a break in the rock layers called?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale

What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?

• lava
• fault
• focus
• magma