Earthquake/Volcano Test Review

What is the underground point of an earthquake?

• Seismograph

• Focus

• Magma

• Epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the most common cause of an earthquake?

• Caldera

• Faulting

• Tsunami

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the zone of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean called?

• Plate Boundaries

• Ring of Fire

• Epicenter

• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

During an earthquake, rocks break and slide past each other, plates move, and energy is released.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the instrument that detects and measures seismic activity?

• Magma

• Mantle

• Richter Scale

• Seismograph

How many major volcanic and earthquake zones are there around the world?

• 9

• 7

• 5

• 17

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the three types of seismic waves?

• P, S, V

• P, S, T

• P, S, L

What is formed when the top of a volcano is blown off or when the walls of a volcano crater collapse?

• Ash Cloud

• Active Volcano

• Caldera

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the shaking and trembling of Earth's surface called?

• Volcano

• Epicenter

• Earthquake

• Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the smallest particles that erupt from a volcano called?

• Volcanic Dust

• Volcanic Cinders

• Volcanic Ash