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EEn 2.1.1 Quiz C - Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

a)

Hot Spot

b)

Magma

c)

Lava

d)

Volcano

2.

This is a deadly mudslide of rock and debris that accompanies a volcanic eruption:

a)

Lahar Flow

b)

Ash cloud

c)

Pyroclastic Material

d)

Lava

3.

What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?

a)

Aa

b)

Lava

c)

Magma

d)

Pahoehoe

4.

Where do volcanoes come from?

a)

Places where plates move apart

b)

Places where plates are moving together

c)

Hot Spots

d)

All of these options

5.

Beneath a volcano, magma collects in a:

a)

magma chamber

b)

magma pocket

c)

vent

d)

hole

6.

What is the conduit through which magma travels from it's underground chamber to the vent on the Earth's surface?

a)

pipe

b)

magma chamber

c)

tube

d)

caldera

7.

A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...

a)

plate

b)

fault

c)

fold

d)

crack

8.

What is most commonly associated with transform boundaries?

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

earthquakes

d)

islands

9.

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Fault

d)

Plate

10.

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

a)

Epicenter

b)

Fault

c)

Hypocenter

d)

Focus

11.

P Waves can move through which of the following?

a)

Rock

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

All of these

12.

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

a)

Epicenter

b)

Fault

c)

Seismologist

d)

Seismograph

13.

Which city is closest to the epicenter?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

14.

This moment magnitude scale measures:

a)

the amount of radon gas released

b)

the movement of plates

c)

the strength of an earthquake

d)

the weight of tectonic plates

15.

Also known as shear or secondary wave; a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to- side direction.

a)

P-wave

b)

Seismic wave

c)

Focus

d)

S-wave

16.

Which type of waves are the fastest and first to arrive after an earthquake?

a)

p-waves

b)

s-waves

c)

surface waves