Volcanoes and Earthquakes

What type of volcano is this? It has been created with layers of cooled lava. 

• Shield

• Cinder cone

• Composite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of volcano has a steep cone-shaped hill or mountain made with only pyroclastic flow? 

• Cinder cone volcano

• Shield volcano

• Composite volcano

• Earthquake

Look at the image. The South American and Nasca plate are moving together. Which type of boundary is this? 

• divergent

• convergent

• transform fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• ocean currents

• convection currents in the mantle

• volcanoes

• the Coriolis Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A boundary that doesn't create or destroy crust is called a:

• Transform Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Rift Valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

• Aftershock

• Liquefaction

• Seismic Gap

• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

At what type(s) of plate boundaries do most volcanoes form?

• convergent and transform

• convergent and divergent

• divergent and transform

• ocean and mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a tracing of an earthquake's motion that is created by a seismometer?

• Seismograph

• Seismogram

• Seismologist

• Elastic Rebound

Which is the fastest type of seismic wave?

• p-waves

• s-waves

• surface waves

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

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter (focus)

• Surface

• Crust