Earthquakes- Plate Tectonics- Quiz 2

What does the term "magma" refer to?

• The movement of Earth's surface caused by plates moving horizontally

• A crack in the Earth's lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock

• The size of something

• Liquid rock below or within the Earth's crust

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What is an earthquake?

• Liquid rock below or within the Earth's crust

• The size of something

• The movement of Earth's surface caused by plates moving horizontally on each other

• A crack in the Earth's lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock

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What is a fault?

• Liquid rock below or within the Earth's crust

• The movement of Earth's surface caused by plates moving horizontally on each other

• The size of something

• A crack in the Earth's lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock

What does the term "MAGNITUDE" mean?

• The importance of something

• The weight of something

• The size of something

• The color of something

What causes an earthquake ?

• The movement of the moon around the Earth

• The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other

• Volcanic eruptions under the sea

• Heavy rainfall and flooding

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What is magma?

• A) A type of sedimentary rock

• B) Liquidy rock found below or within the Earth's crust

• C) A mineral deposit found on the Earth's surface

• D) The outer layer of the Earth

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What are ore deposits?

• Layers of soil used for agriculture

• Resources that people are mining for

• Types of rocks used for building materials

• Water sources found underground

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Where are ore deposits typically found?

• In the atmosphere

• In riverbeds

• In gaps or layers within solid rock

• On the surface of plant leaves

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What does "earthquake depth" refer to?

• The intensity of an earthquake on the surface

• The location where an earthquake originates

• How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring

• The duration of an earthquake

What is an aftershock?

• A) A large earthquake that precedes smaller ones.

• B) A smaller earthquake that follows the main shock of a large earthquake.

• C) A tremor that occurs before a large earthquake.

• D) A seismic event that has no relation to other earthquakes.