Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

The layers in this area do not line up. Which of the following could have caused this?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

What is the cause of most earthquakes?

• the rotation of Earth

• the direction of the wind

• the pull of Earth’s gravity

• the movement of plates on Earth’s crust

Tsunamis are caused by

• Earth's rotation

• dynamic equilibrium

• hurricane winds

• earthquakes

What scientist is most likely to study earthquakes?

• an organic chemist

• a seismologist

• a nuclear physicist

• a meteorologist

Which machine is used to measure the movement of the ground caused by earthquakes?

• morse code

• radio

• seismometer

• sonar

Where have earthquakes occurred most frequently during the last one hundred years?

• in the polar regions

• in the interior of continental areas

• along the Pacific Ocean coastlines

• along the Atlantic Ocean coastlines

Where are earthquakes most likely to take place?

• along the core-mantle interface

• where the composition of the Earth tends to be uniform

• near the Earth's Equator

• near a fault zone

Which cross section below best represents the crustal plate motion that is the primary cause of the volcanoes and deep rift valleys found at mid-ocean ridges?

• Option A

• Option B

• Option C

• Option D

A (a)   is an underwater mountain chain.

(a)   are cracks in the Earth's crust along which movement has occurred.