Earthquakes and Volcanoes Review

What type of landform MOST likely results when an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate?

• volcanic mountains

• reverse faults

• transform boundaries

• tsunamis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plates slip along a fault, what will MOST likely happen?

• a Composite Volcano

• gravitational pull on the ocean

• a hurricane

• an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The underground point where an earthquake starts is called the ___________.

• epicenter
• focus
• fault
• plates

What is #12?

• Lava
• Magma
• Vent
• Crater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The instrument that records waves of an earthquake is called a _____________.

• seismograph
• mantle
• epicenter
• core

A break in Earth's crust that includes land and ocean floor is a __________.

• mantle
• focus
• epicenter
• fault

The point right above the focus of an earthquake is called its ____________.

• focus
• crust
• seismograph
• epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which BEST explains the cause of the geysers formed in Yellowstone National Park?

• earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• tubular springs

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A geologist found older rock that was layered on top of younger rock? Which BEST explains how this occured?

• Explosive volcanoes destroyed layers.

• Erosion wore the rock layers down.

• Earthquake activity folded the layers of rock.

• Weathering changed the layers of rock over time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Earthquakes occur along....

• fault lines

• the core

• oceans

• synclines and anticlines

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3