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End of Topic Quiz Class 3- Tremors

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the Volcano that erupted in Pompeii?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount Vesuvius

c)

Mount Blanc

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

2.

What country is Mount Vesuvius?

a)

Rome

b)

Naples

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

3.

What year did Mount Vesuvius erupt and destroy Pompeii?

a)

79AD

b)

79 BC

c)

84BC

d)

142AD

4.

Which one of these is NOT a tectonic plate?

a)

Eurasian

b)

Cocos

c)

Nazca

d)

Philadelphia

5.

What is the centre of the earth called?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Crust

d)

Inner Crust

6.

Which layer contains liquid rock called magma and solid rock?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Crust

c)

Core

d)

Mantle

7.

Explain what the epicentre of an earthquake is.

4 lines
8.

Where is the Ring of Fire?

a)

African Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

9.

What is a tsunami?

4 lines
10.

Why do most of the world's volcanos and earthquakes happen along the Ring of Fire?

4 lines
11.

What is the name of the part shown by the arrow? (Use the word bank to help you)

4 lines
12.

What is the name of the part shown by the arrow?(Use the word bank to help you)

4 lines
13.

What is the name of the part shown by the arrow? (Use the word bank to help you)

4 lines
14.

What is the name of the part shown by the arrow? (Use the word bank to help you)

4 lines
15.

What is the name of the instrument that measures earthquakes?

a)

Force meter

b)

Thermometer

c)

Seismograph

d)

Gyroscope

16.

What scale is used to measure earthquakes?

a)

Richter

b)

Celsius

c)

Degrees

d)

Amplitude

17.

When magma flows out of the volcano it is called

a)

air

b)

water

c)

egg shells

d)

lava

18.

The Earth's crust is broken into pieces called

a)

glass

b)

rocks

c)

plates

d)

lava

19.
The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
20.

Pompeii is still around

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Magma is the same as lava.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Two-thirds of the world's active volcanoes are found in

a)

The Circle of Fire

b)

The Ring of Fire

c)

The Chain of Fire

d)

The Crescent of Fire

23.

A tsunami is a _____ word.

a)

American

b)

Japanese

c)

Arabic

24.

Are plates always moving?

a)
b)
25.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible