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WorksheetsEarthquakes and Volcanoes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the violent shaking of Earth's crust as built-up energy is released.
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
2.
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
3.
What do you call the crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes place?
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
4.
Name the point underground where the faulting in an earthquake occurs.
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
5.
What do you call melted rock below the Earth's surface?
a)
lava
b)
fault
c)
focus
d)
magma
6.
What do you call waves of energy sent through Earth's crust when parts of the crust move suddenly?
a)
thermal waves
b)
energy waves
c)
seismic waves
d)
magma
7.
Where do many earthquakes and volcanoes occur along the Pacific Ocean?
a)
along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
along the Nazca Plate
c)
along the Ring of Fire
d)
near India
8.
What do you call melted rock once it hardens on the Earth's surface?
a)
focus
b)
magma
c)
lava
d)
seismic waves
9.
Which earthquake wave is the most destructive?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
d)
tsunami waves
10.
Which boundary presses together?
a)
sliding boundary
b)
converging boundary
c)
diverging boundary
d)
transform boundary
11.
An earthquake of 3.0 would do this.
a)
Complete destruction
b)
Some damage
c)
No damage, just shaking
d)
Earthquakes can't be 3.0
12.
What is the name of the instrument used to measure the waves of an earthquake?
a)
Richter Scale
b)
Octograph
c)
Seismograph
d)
Fault detecor
13.
When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?
a)
Divergent Plates
b)
Convergent Plates
c)
Transform Boundaries
d)
Mountain ranges
14.
An earthquake of 8.5 or higher would do this.
a)
No damage
b)
Minor damage
c)
Major damage
d)
Can't be detected
15.
Earthquakes occur along these.
a)
bedrock
b)
sandstone piles
c)
plate boundaries
d)
equatorial lines
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