Volcanoes & Earthquakes QUIZ

Point A is where the pressure is released at the fault line. This is called the _____.

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Seismic waves

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What happens to the size of the seismic waves as you move farther away from the focus of an earthquake?

• They get bigger

• They get smaller

• They stay the same

• No seismic waves are produced by earthquakes

The arrow is pointing to the ____.

• Hanging wall

• Foot wall

In a normal fault, the hanging wall goes ____.

• Down

• Up

• Side to side

Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

• In the middle of the Pacific Ocean

• In North America

• At plate boundaries

• By continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is pictured, where the plates collide?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundary is in the picture, where the plates move apart?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

At a transform boundary, NO magma comes to the surface, and ONLY earthquakes happen.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of boundary is in the picture, where the plates go side by side?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

What happens when two continental plates collide?

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Mid-ocean ridges

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2