Unit 2 - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Vibrations created by earthquakes that can travel through the earth are

• plate boundaries

• seismic waves

• convection currents

• fault lines

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Plate boundaries where the earth is being pulled apart are called ...

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaires

• plate boundaries

• divergent boundaries

Plate boundaries where the earth is being pushed together are called ...

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• plate boundaries

• transform boundaries

Plate boundaries where the earth is being pushed and pulled in opposite directions are called ...

• convergent boundaries

• plate boundaries

• transform boundaries

• divergent boundaries

A series of ocean waves caused by earthquakes or undersea volcanic eruptions is called ...

• an earthquake

• a tidal wave

• an eruption

• a tsunami

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What is a type of hazard caused by a sudden release of stress along faults in the earth's crust?

• a hurricane

• an earthquake

• a sinkhole

• a volcano

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These primary waves are the fastest seismic waves, compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion.

• seismic waves

• S waves

• P waves

• surface waves

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Scientists who study the waves of energy beneath the Earth's surface are called ...

• geologists

• geographers

• seismologists

• biologists

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This is the point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.

• epicenter

• focus

• plate boundary

• magma chamber

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

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Rogue Wave

• Tsunami

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