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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call it when the earth is shaking beneath you?

a)

earthquake

b)

volcano

c)

tsunami

d)

tornado

2.

Earthquakes happen when two plates on the earth's crust move along each other along a ...

a)

mountain range

b)

ocean shore

c)

fault line

d)

pizza crust

3.

What do we use to measure the strength of an earthquake?

a)

earthquake measurer

b)

seismograph

c)

facebook

d)

a map

4.

A mini-earthquake after a bigger earthquake is called a ...

a)

after-shock

b)

tsunami

c)

volcano

d)

smol earthquake

5.

The biggest earthquake ever was in...

a)

the USA

b)

Africa

c)

Japan

d)

Chile

6.

To protect against earthquakes....

a)

schools need to have earthquake drills

b)

buildings should use materials that will allow them to sway with movement

c)

families should have emergency kits

d)

all of the above

7.

A mountain or hill that have lava or rock fragments from the earth's crust is a ...

a)

earthquake

b)

volcano

c)

tornado

d)

tsunami

8.

True or False: There are different sizes and shapes of volcanoes.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When lava is in the ground it is called...

a)

magma

b)

volcano guts

c)

hot liquid

d)

lava lamp

10.

To measure volcanos, scientists use the ...

a)

seismograph

b)

volcano thermometer

c)

volcanic explosivity index (VEI)

d)

a map

11.

The largest volcanic explosion ever was in ...

a)

Chile

b)

Africa

c)

Indonesia

d)

Hawaii