Earthquakes and Volcanoes Practice

Which scale would be used to classify an earthquake based on a description found in ancient writings?

• Modified Mercalli Scale

• Richter Scale

• moment magnitude scale

• all of the above

We all got scared and ran outside. The house was ok, but our old shed fell over. This quote would help a researcher to place an earthquake on which scale?

• Modified Mercalli Scale

• Richter Scale

• moment magnitude scale

• all of the above

Which statement is true?

• Earthquakes always occur along plate boundaries.

• Earthquakes most frequently occur along plate boundaries

• Earthquakes rarely occur along plate boundaries.

• Earthquakes never occur along plate boundaries.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of the following is NOT studied by geologists to predict volcanic eruptions?

• ground deformation

• earthquake swarms

• change in shape of the volcano

• animal behavior

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another is called a(n) ____.

• fault

• earthquake

• strain

• stress

Lava flows like the one from Mount Etna in 2008,

• travel quickly and cause many deaths.

• can last over 6 months.

• rarely cause any damage.

• never cause towns to evacuate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

At a(n) ____ fault, rocks on either side of the fault surface move past each other.

• normal

• elastic

• reverse

• strike-slip

Where can volcanoes form?

• convergent plate boundaries

• divergent plate boundaries

• over hotspots in the middle of plates

• all of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The ____ waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.

• surface

• secondary

• primary

• tsunami

Which describes the makeup of volcanic ash?

• particles of pulverized rock and vegetation

• particles of pulverized rock and glass

• pulverized bits of glass

• pulverized particles of rock