WorksheetsUnit 2 Earthquakes and Volcanoes Vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earthquake
a)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
b)
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
c)
A vent or fissure in Earths Surface through which magma and gases are expelled
d)
A large wave caused by shaking of the Earth
2.
Focus
a)
The location within Earth aloing a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
b)
The point on Earth's surface directly above an Earthquakes starting point
c)
A vent or fissure in Earths Surface through which magma and gases are expelled
d)
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
3.
Epicenter
a)
The location within Earth aloing a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
b)
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
c)
The point on Earth's surface directly above an Earthquakes starting point
d)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
4.
Tectonic plate Boundary
a)
The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent or transform by the movement taking place between the plates
b)
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
c)
The bending, tilting and breaking of Earth's crust; The change of the shape of rock due to stress.
d)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
5.
Fault
a)
Stress that occurs when forces act in parallel but opposite directions, pushing parts of a solid in opposite directions
b)
The bending of rock layers due to stress
c)
A break in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to one another.
d)
Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
6.
Deformation
a)
Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
b)
The bending, tilting and breaking of Earth's crust; The change of the shape of rock due to stress.
c)
The movement of matter due to differences in density caused by temperature variations
d)
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
7.
Elastic rebound
a)
The movement of matter due to differences in density caused by temperature variations
b)
The bending, tilting and breaking of Earth's crust; The change of the shape of rock due to stress.
c)
Stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
d)
The sudden return of elasticity deformed rock to its undeformed shape
8.
Volcano
a)
A vent or fissure in Earths Surface through which magma and gases are expelled
b)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
c)
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
d)
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
9.
Vent
a)
A volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary.
b)
The movement of matter due to differences in density caused by temperature variations
c)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
d)
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
10.
Magma
a)
Magma that flows onto Earth's structure
b)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
c)
The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gasses produced under Earth's Surface
d)
A volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary.
11.
Lava
a)
The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gasses produced under Earth's Surface
b)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
c)
A volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary.
d)
Magma that flows onto Earth's structure
12.
Tectonic plate
a)
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
b)
A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle.
c)
The bending, tilting and breaking of Earth's crust; The change of the shape of rock due to stress.
d)
The movement of matter due to differences in density caused by temperature variations
13.
Hot Spot
a)
A volcanically active area of Earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary.
b)
An opening at the surface Earth through which volcanic material passes
c)
Magma that flows onto Earth's structure
d)
The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gasses produced under Earth's Surface
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