Unit 3 Quiz 1 Review

What is the name that scientists gave to the area around the pacific ocean where most of the volcanoes in the world exist?

• The Ring of Fire

• The Fire Ring

• The Ring of Volcanoes

• The Volcano Ring

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The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the

• core
• lava
• magma
• mantle

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

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?

• An Earthquake
• Nothing
• Movement

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What is the vocabulary word for the line where two tectonic plates move past each other?

• Plate Line
• Fault Line
• Puzzle Line

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Focus Point

• Underground
• Crust

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The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Surface
• Crust

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What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

Tsunamis are caused by

• underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.

• wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.

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