Quiz about Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Question 1

Shaking of Earth's crust

Accepted Answer

earthquake

Answer

seismograph

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epicenter

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fault

Question 2

Deepest-innermost (NOT thickest) layer of Earth

Accepted Answer

core

Answer

mantle

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crust

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plates

Question 3

Thickest layer of Earth, made of solid and melted rock

Accepted Answer

mantle

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crust

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core

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plates

Question 4

Point on Earth's surface right above the origin of an earthquake

Accepted Answer

epicenter

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focus

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fault

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plates

Question 5

Layer of Earth that includes land and the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

crust

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plates

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mantle

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core

Question 6

Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle

Accepted Answer

plates

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core

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crust

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mantle

Question 7

Break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

Accepted Answer

fault

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plates

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mantle

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core

Question 8

Instrument that records earthquake waves

Accepted Answer

seismograph

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water

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recorder

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scientist

Question 9

Underground point where an earthquake first starts

Accepted Answer

focus

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epicenter

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mantle

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fault

Question 10

Earth's outermost layer

Accepted Answer

crust

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mantle

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core

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plate

Question 11

The middle of Earth's three layers

Accepted Answer

mantle

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core

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crust

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plates

Question 12

The innermost layer of Earth

Accepted Answer

core

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crust

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mantle

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plates

Question 13

A volcano can fall in on itself, creating a large basin called _____________.

Accepted Answer

crater

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epicenter

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fault

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plate

Question 14

Melted rock which reaches Earth's surface is called _____________.

Accepted Answer

lava

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crust

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magma

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iron

Question 15

Melted rock inside Earth is called ____________.

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magma

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lava

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iron

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crust

Question 16

A _____ is the tube in a volcano that carries hot melted rock to the surface.

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vent

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magma chamber

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crater

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fault

Question 17

A?

Accepted Answer

a volcano

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an earthquake

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a flood

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a tornado

Question 18

B?

Accepted Answer

crater

Answer

vent

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magma chamber

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volcano

Question 19

D?

Accepted Answer

vent

Answer

crater

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magma chamber

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lava

Question 20

E?

Accepted Answer

magma

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crater

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vent

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magma chamber

Question 21

F?

Accepted Answer

magma chamber

Answer

crater

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vent

Answer

magma

Question 22

C?

Accepted Answer

lava

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vent

Answer

magma chamber

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magma

Question 23

Earth's hottest layer

Accepted Answer

inner core

Answer

crust

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mantle

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outer core

Question 24

Earth's plates move very slowly across Earth's surface on a thin layer of partly melted ________.

Accepted Answer

mantle

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frosting

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volcanic ash

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crust

Question 25

Scientists can ________ earthquakes by using seismographs, the Mercalli scale, and the Richter scale.

Accepted Answer

measure

Accepted Answer

predict

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weaken

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cause

Question 26

California has more than 20,000 earthquakes each year because there is a large ______ running through the state.

Accepted Answer

fault

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epicenter

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river

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giant

Question 27

Some volcanoes form new _____ as plates move apart and magma rises to the surface of the crust.

Accepted Answer

ocean floor

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volcanoes

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earthquakes

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mantle

Question 28

Different kinds of ________ form different kinds of volcanic mountains.

Accepted Answer

lava eruptions

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cinders

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energy waves

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candy

Question 29

Looking at this map, why is it called the "Ring of Fire"?

Accepted Answer

Plates are moving and creating numerous volcanoes in one area.

Answer

There is a circle of red on the map.

Question 30

Looking at this map, what causes the volcanoes in this ring?

Accepted Answer

The plates are moving into and underneath each other, creating volcanoes.

Answer

This is an area in which volcanoes just appear.

Question 31

An underground holding pool for hot magma is called ____.

Accepted Answer

a magma chamber

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mantle

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vent

Answer

crater

Question 32

If you somehow dug down to Earth's center, the first two layers you would pass through are the _________ and ______.

Accepted Answer

crust / mantle

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mantle / core

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crust / core

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mantle / fault

Question 33

A mountain that forms from lava is ___________.

Accepted Answer

volcano

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earthquake

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lava

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magma

Question 34

Earth's crust is made up of _________ which are in constant motion.

Accepted Answer

plates

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crust

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faults

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earthquake

Question 35

The plates of Earth's crust and mantle can NOT usually move __________.

Accepted Answer

very quickly

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toward each other

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away from each other

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very slowly

Question 36

________ are mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders.

Accepted Answer

Composite volcanoes

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Cinder cones

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Shield volcanoes

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Crater volcanoes

Question 37

Volcanoes can be useful to people because volcanoes _______.

Accepted Answer

add minerals to the soil

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spread ash

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send out lava and gases that are very hot

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cause huge waves

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