Kirby - Chapter 12 Quiz - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

1. Divergent fault boundaries are especially likely to cause

• tornadoes

• hail

• earthquakes

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2. What happens when the Potential energy built up in a plate exceeds the strength of the rock?

• tsunami

• tornado

• earthquake

• sunburst

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3. The earthquake focus is the point below the surface where the rock breaks.

• True
• False

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4. Seismic waves are recorded and measured by an instrument called a .........

• seismograph

• seismologist

• cracky land measurer

5. When magma leaves the vent of a volcano it is called lava.

• post-magma

• lava

• Post Malone

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6. The two ways to make rocks melt are: lower pressure and added water.

• True
• False

7. Basalt magma is runny because of its low silica content.

• True
• False

8. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are composite volcanoes.

• True
• False

9. Pyroclastic flows are mudflows that may accompany a stratovolcano if water is present in the ground.

• True
• False

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10. An earthquake is a form of _______________ motion.

• stick-slip
• pillow
• composite
• epicenter
• hot spot