Quiz about Earthquakes and Volcanoes Practice Assessment

Question 1

A dead volcano is called what?

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extinct

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active

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dormant

Question 2

A sleeping volcano is called what?

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dormant

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active

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extinct

Question 3

Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....

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lava

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Silica

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Rock

Question 4

Volcanoes can be found...

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all of the above

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on land

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under water

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on islands

Question 5

Approximately 70% of the world's composite volcanoes are located around the Pacific Ocean in a region called the ____________.

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Ring of Fire

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Volcano Ring

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Nucleus of Volcanoes

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Center of Fire

Question 6

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

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Aftershock

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Liquefaction

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Seismic Gap

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Tsunami

Question 7

Volcanoes that are made of basalt lava flows are called _____.

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shield volcanoes

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composite volcanoes

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stratovolcanoes

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cone volcanoes

Question 8

This volcano is most likely which type of volcano?

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Shield

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Felsic

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Composite

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Cinder cone

Question 9

As the temperature of lava increases, ________

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its viscosity decrease

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it begins to harden

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its viscosity increases

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it can flow a much short distance

Question 10

A  place above a mantle plume where melted rock can form a volcano is a

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hotspot

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fissure

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mantle plume

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volcano

Question 11

An example of islands that formed over a hotspot are the

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Hawaiian Islands

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Aleutian Islands

Question 12

Stratovolcanoes can be described as...

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Large with steep slopes and violent eruptions of very viscous magma

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Very large with gentle slopes and eruptions of low viscosity magma

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Small and clustered in groups with steep slopes and firey eruptions that occur only once

Question 13

Most volcanoes occur

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oceanic/continental convergent

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oceanic/oceanic convergent

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transform boundary

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oceanic/continental divergent

Question 14

Cinder cones can be described as...

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Small and clustered in groups with steep slopes and firey eruptions that occur only once

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Very large with gentle slopes and eruptions of low viscosity magma

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Large with steep slopes and violent eruptions of very viscous magma

Question 15

Volcanoes occur when magma pressure builds up under the crust. This happens mostly at:

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Subduction zone

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Divergent Boundaries

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Ocean shorelines

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Mountain range

Question 16

The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

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focus

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s wave

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p wave

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deformation

Question 17

An area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other

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rift zone

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crater

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caldera

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vent

Question 18

An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.

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seismograph

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seismogram

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seismic wave

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vibrato

Question 19

The point on Earth's surface directly above an earth quake's starting point, or focus

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epicenter

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focus

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fault

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earthquake

Question 20

The idea that a major earthquake is more likely to occur along the part of an active fault where no earthquakes have occurred for a certain period of time.

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gap hypothesis

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seismic gap

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seismology

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seismograph

Question 21

An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past.

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seismic gap

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gap hypothesis

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seismology

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rift zone

Question 22

At what type(s) of plate boundaries do MOST volcanoes form?

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convergent

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transform

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divergent

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ocean and mountain

Question 23

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 24

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 25

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

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Transform

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Covergent

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Divergent

Question 26

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

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Divergent Oceanic

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Divergent Continental

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Convergent Oceanic

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Transform

Question 27

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

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Convergent Oceanic

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Divergent Oceanic

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Convergent Continental-Continental

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Divergent Continental

Question 28

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

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subduction

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seafloor spreading

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continental drift

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recycling

Question 29

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

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Volcanoes and Trenches

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Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges

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Volcanoes and Rift Valleys

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Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches

Question 30

A divergent boundary on land creates what feature?

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Rift Valley

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Subduction Zone

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Deep Ocean Trench

Question 31

A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Deep Ocean Trench

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Subduction Zone

Question 32

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

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Seafloor Spreading

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Subduction

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Continental Drift

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Volcanism

Question 33

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

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Convection

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Subduction

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Seafloor Spreading

Question 34

If an earthquake occurs at the bottom of the ocean floor what could form as result?

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Tsumani

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Volcano

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Tidal Wave

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Hurricane

Question 35

What is the only event associated with transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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Volcanoes

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Subduction Zones

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Tsunamis

Question 36

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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Volcanoes

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Subduction

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Deep Trenches

Question 37

When fissures form, magma is pushed to the surface forming...

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Volcanoes

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Fissures

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Mountain Ranges

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Rock Cycle

Question 38

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Island Arc

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Flat land

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