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IQWST PS3 Lesson 1 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Which of the following pieces of data is shown on this map?

a)

Number of earthquakes

b)

Locations of Earth's plates

c)

How much damage is caused by earthquakes

d)

Number of volcanoes

2.

What does the root word "seism" mean?

a)

High elevation

b)

Something related to earthquakes

c)

Something related to volcanoes

d)

Dangerous

3.

What is the pattern of where volcanoes tend to be located?

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4.

Earthquakes and volcanoes tend to occur in the same locations...

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How is the Earth's crust similar to a broken plate?

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6.

There are _____________ earthquakes in the world than volcanoes.

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

The same amount of

d)

Stronger

7.

Scientists are always able to predict where and when earthquakes will happen.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Think of the locations that we discussed when looking at the earthquake data. If you wanted to live in a location other than Michigan that did not experience earthquakes, where would you move to, and why?

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9.

The most famous American volcano is named

a)

Mount St. Helens

b)

Mount Vesuvius

c)

Mt. Kilauea

d)

Mt. Rushmore

10.

Volcanoes and Earthquakes tend to occur where on the plates?

a)

In the middle of the plates

b)

In the cracks between the plates