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WorksheetsEarthquakes and Volcanoes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_____________ happen when the big pieces of the Earth's crust move.
a)
Lava
b)
Magma
c)
Tectonic Plates
d)
ThereEarthquakes
2.
The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.
a)
tectonic plates
b)
faults
c)
magma
d)
lava
3.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
4.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
5.
What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Shaking Earth
c)
Volcano
6.
The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.
a)
Ring of Earth
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Ring of Stone
d)
Ring of Diamond
7.
________________ measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.
a)
Seismometer
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismology
8.
Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.
a)
lava
b)
magma
c)
volcano
d)
earthquake
9.
The arrow is pointing to...
a)
an ash cloud
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
a vent
10.
The state of _______________________ is a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean.
a)
Hawaii
b)
Japan
c)
California
d)
Volcano
11.
This word describes the size of the earthquake:
a)
seismograph
b)
magnitude
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
12.
This city was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
a)
Rome
b)
Munich
c)
Pompeii
d)
Naples
13.
There is only one type of volcano.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
All volcanoes erupt in the same way.
a)
False
b)
True
15.
The largest volcano in the solar system that we know of is on Mars.
a)
True
b)
False
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