Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Front

Which most likely causes earthquakes? Options: plates slipping, a hurricane, water weathering rocks, tidal stresses caused by the moon

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plates slipping

Front

Some volcanoes in the Ring of Fire were formed near

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subduction zones.

Front

Where do isolated, volcanic islands, such as Hawaii form? Options: transform boundaries, divergent boundaries, subduction zones, hot spots

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hot spots

Front

A _____________ measures the size of an earthquake.

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seismograph

Front

Mount St. Helens formed at

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converging boundaries.

Front

How could an older rock layer be on top of a younger rock layer?

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Earthquake activity folded the rock layers.

Front

Earthquakes occur in the _____________.

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crust

Front

What landforms are created at reverse faults? Options: deltas, mountains, dunes, islands

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mountains

Front

What is mostly likely the cause of an earthquake? Options: stress due to movement in Earth's crust, gravitational variation due to Moon's orbit around Earth, temperature variation due to Earth's orbit around the Sun, rotational imbalance due to changes in Earth's poles

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stress due to movement in Earth's crust

Front

What process would cause younger rock layers to be under older rock layers? Options: melting and hardening, cooling and heating, deposition and cementing, uplifting and faulting

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uplifting and faulting