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WorksheetsYr 7 Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes an Eartquake?
a)
Earth's plates moving past and against each other.
b)
Earth's plates moving towards each other.
2.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
3.
What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Shaking Earth
c)
Volcano
4.
The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.
a)
Ring of Earth
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Ring of Stone
d)
Ring of Diamond
5.
________________ measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.
a)
Seismometer
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismology
6.
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
7.
What do you call the crack in Earth's surface along which movement takes place?
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
8.
An earthquake of 3.0 would do this.
a)
Complete destruction
b)
Some damage
c)
No damage, just shaking
d)
Earthquakes can't be 3.0
9.
An earthquake of 8.5 or higher would do this.
a)
No damage
b)
Minor damage
c)
Major damage
d)
Can't be detected
10.
1. Typically a cone-shaped hill or mountain formed by the extrusion of lava or ejection of rock fragments from a vent is called a
(a)
11.
Volcanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
12.
Volcanoes that have not erupted in recorded history and do not show any signs of erupting are called:
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
extinct
d)
All of these
13.
_________ volcanoes have gently sloping sides and can be enormous. They are formed from non-acidic and non-explosive eruptions with gentle lava flows.
a)
composite/strato
b)
cinder-cone
c)
shield
14.
Scientists who study earthquakes are called:
a)
seismology
b)
simeaseatologist
c)
seismologist
15.
The point inside the Earth, where an earthquake begins:
a)
epicenter
b)
fault
c)
focus
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