REVIEW QUIZ

Where do we usually find volcanoes?

• Faults

• Mountains

• Oceans

• Plate boundaries

What is the Earth’s largest volcano?

• 1. Mauna Loa

• Vesuvius

• Taal

• Krakatoa

1. Major earthquakes are usually preceded by smaller earthquakes called __________.

• aftershocks

• 1. focus shocks

• 1. surface waves

• foreshocks

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1.  Which seismic wave travels most rapidly?

• P waves

• S waves

• surface waves

• tsunamis

1. What is a geological process that is characterized by the sudden and rapid shaking of the Earth’s crust?

• Sedimentation

• Eruption

• Landslide

• Earthquake

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What do you call the location that sits directly above an earthquake’s point of origin?

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter

• 1. Fault line

• Fault plane

1. How do the shaking and energy from an earthquake travel through the ground?

• It moves in the form of seismic waves

• 1. It moves using the inner core’s magnetism

• 1. It moves in the ocean’s waters through subduction zones

• 1. It moves by circling the the fault lines in the pacific ring of fire

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When earthquakes occur, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called the ________.

• epicenter

• focus

• fault

• seismic center

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What do you call the type of wave that travels through the Earth’s surface and causes a lot of damage?

• 1. P waves

• S waves

• Surface waves

• Tectonic waves

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1. What do you call the scale that is used to measure the amount of energy that an earthquake has released?

• 1. Mercalli scale

• 1. Richter scale

• 1. Moh scale

• 1. Seismogram scale

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