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UNIT 11 TEST REVIEW SCIENCE

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the point beneath the earth's surface where rock breaks and causes an earthquake

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

vent

d)

squall line

2.

the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus

a)

epicenter

b)

Fujita scale

c)

focus

d)

pipe

3.

type of seismic wave that compresses and expands

a)

p wave

b)

s wave

c)

surface wave

d)

sound wave

4.

a type of seismic wave that moves side to side and up and down

a)

s wave

b)

p wave

c)

surface wave

d)

sound wave

5.

the opening in a volcano through which lava and gases escape

a)

vent

b)

pipe

c)

crater

d)

epicenter

6.

a gently sloping mountain made of lava released from nonexplosive eruptions

a)

shield volcano

b)

cinder cone

c)

composite volcano

d)

volcano

7.

a steeply sloped volcano made of pyroclastic material from explosive eruptions

a)

cinder cone

b)

cone

c)

shield volcano

d)

composite

8.

a tall, cone shaped, mountain made of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material

a)

composite volcano

b)

cinder cone

c)

shield volcano

d)

crater

9.

a row of severe thunderstorms

a)

squall line

b)

tornado

c)

hurricane

d)

focus

10.

a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a cumulonimbus cloud and touches the ground

a)

tornado

b)

hurriane

c)

vent

d)

Fujita Scale

11.

a scale used to rate tornado intensity

a)

Fujita Scale

b)

Mercalli Scale

c)

storm surge

d)

epicenter

12.

storm system over warm waters with wind speeds from 119 kpm or greater

a)

Tropical Cyclone

b)

Storm Surge

c)

P Wave

d)

Composite Volcano

13.

a tropical cyclone forming in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans

a)

Hurricane

b)

storm surge

c)

squall line

d)

S Wave

14.

a wall of water that moves ashore when a hurricane stricks

a)

Storm Surge

b)

hurricane

c)

squall line

d)

focus

15.

What is a severe weather occurrences

(multiple choice)

a)

earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires

b)

tornados, storm surge, squall line

c)

tornados, thunderstorms

d)

volcanos, wildfires, tropical cyclone

16.

label this

a)

heat, oxygen, fuel

b)

oxygen, fire, thermaldynamics

c)

fuel, matches, coal

d)

water, heat, nitrogen

17.

rates an earthquakes level of damage from 1-12

a)

Mercalli Scale

b)

Fujita scale

c)

richter scale

d)

the moment magnitude scale

18.

The strength or magnitude of an earthquake from 1-10

a)

richter scale

b)

Fujita scale

c)

mercali scale

d)

storm surge

19.

Rates hurricanes from 1-5

a)

Saffier Simpsons

b)

Meralli scale

c)

Fujita scale

d)

LOGAN IS CHINESE

20.

where on a volano is the Lava held

a)

Magma chamber

b)

vent

c)

pipe

d)

crater

21.

Where does the lava escape from

a)

vent

b)

crater

c)

pipe

d)

magma chamber

22.

what is the bowl shaped area of a volcano called

a)

Crater

b)

Vent

c)

Magma Chamber

d)

pipe

23.

what is discharged from a volcano

a)

Ash, gasses, cinders, lava

b)

nothing

c)

lava

d)

ash

24.

what is in the center of a hurricane

a)

Eye

b)

nothing

c)

air

d)

epicenter

25.

what is the outer layer of a hurricane

a)

Eye wall

b)

eye

c)

wall

d)

storm wall

26.

what make up the eyewall of a hurricane

a)

rain bands

b)

rain

c)

hurricane

d)

rain hai

27.

A scientist who specialises in studying the beginning and types of seismic waves

a)

Seismologist

b)

doctor

c)

geographist

d)

scientist