The ring of Fire and earthquakes and volcanoes Quiz 1.

The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.

• tectonic plates
• faults
• magma
• lava

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What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?

• An Earthquake
• Shaking Earth
• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth
• Ring of Fire
• Ring of Stone
• Ring of Diamond

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________________ measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.

• Seismometer
• Richter Scale
• Magnitude
• Seismology

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

• lava
• magma
• volcano
• earthquake

The arrow is pointing to...

• an ash cloud
• lava
• magma
• a vent

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The state of _______________________ is a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean.

• Hawaii
• Japan
• California
• Volcano

This word describes the size of the earthquake:

• seismograph
• magnitude
• focus
• epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2