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DISASTER TYPES-VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES.

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Can we prevent natural disasters?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.

What are giant ocean-waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tornadoes

d)

Hurricanes

3.

What is the Richter Scale?

a)

A system of measuring the wind

b)

A system of measuring the depth of the ocean

c)

A system of measuring the height of volcanoes

d)

A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes

4.

What is the molten rock inside a volcano called?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

metamorphic

5.

What is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake? ?

a)

Fault

b)

Focus

c)

Epicenter

d)

Magma

6.

What is a break on the earth's surface in the rock layers called?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Epicenter

c)

Fault

d)

Focus

7.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

a)

lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

b)

lava is the chamber that magma flows in.

c)

lava is inside Earth's crust.

8.

A volcano with a circular vent, single vent, steep slope that has quickly cooling lava and explosive eruptions.

a)

Shield Volcano

b)

Cinder Cone Volcano

c)

Composite Volcano

d)

Fissure Volcano

9.
A volcano with gradual slopes formed by slow cooling lava.
a)
Shield Volcano
b)
Cinder Cone Volcano
c)
Composite Volcano
10.

What types of waves are released from an earthquake?

a)

Energy Waves

b)

Sonic Waves

c)

Seismic Waves

d)

Air Waves

11.

What is the definition of Dormant Volcano?

a)

Sleeping And Could Erupt Again

b)

Extinct and won't Erupt

c)

Active and Dangerous

12.

What are scientists who study Volcanoes called?

a)

Cardiologists

b)

Veterinarians

c)

Volcanologists

d)

Zoologists

13.

What is magma called when it reaches the surface of Earth?

a)

Lava

b)

Viscous

c)

Toxic Gas

d)

Ash

14.

A mixture of hot rock, ash, and gas coming out of a volcano is called:

a)

Waves

b)

Tsunami

c)

Pyroclastic flow

d)

Shock

15.

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

a)

March Madness

b)

Earthquake Alley

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Circle of Death

16.

Volcanoes are found...

a)

on land

b)

under water

c)

on islands

d)

all of the above

17.

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Epicenter

c)

Fault

d)

Plate

18.

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

a)

P Wave

b)

Rayleigh Wave

c)

S Wave

19.

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.

a)

cups

b)

plates

c)

dishes

d)

spoons

20.

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Subductions

c)

Divergents

d)

Convergents

21.
What is mostly likely the cause of an earthquake?
a)
stress due to movement in Earth's crust
b)
gravitational variation due to Moon's orbit around Earth
c)
temperature variation due to Earth's orbit around the Sun
d)
rotational imbalance due to changes in Earth's poles
22.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Biosphere

23.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

Mountains

24.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Transdermal

25.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Subdermal

26.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Prodigent

27.

The idea that Earth's crust is made up of separate plates that float on the upper mantle is the theory of what?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Pangaea

d)

Transubstantiation

28.

Which of the following is not a classification of volcano?

a)

Shield

b)

Composite

c)

Magnate

d)

Cinder Cone

29.

The three types of Waves In an Earthquake are called

a)

P waves, Q waves and R waves.

b)

P Waves, S waves and L waves.

c)

S waves, T waves ,U waves

d)

L waves, M waves, R waves ,

30.

What is the point inside the earth where the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Fault

d)

Plate