Earth's Processes and Features Quiz Review

The earth is mainly composed of _______

• water

• iron

• metals

• rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Sesmologists study _____

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Sudden movement of the Earth's crust caused by the release of stress accumulates along geological faults or by volcanic activity

• fault

• epicenter

• seismic

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

______ is the study of earthquakes

• seismologists

• seismology

• epicenter

• focus

Most earthquakes take place along ____ boundaries.

• tectonic plate

• fault

• earthquake

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A _____ is a break in the crust.

• fault

• focus

• epicenter

• seismic

_____ the point inside the earth, along the fault, at which an earthquake begins

• focus

• fault

• epicenter

• seismic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point, or focus.

• fault

• seismology

• epicenter

• focus

_____ means "resistance to flow"

• viscosity

• sheild

• lava

• active

Volcanoes that have not erupted in recorded history and probably never will erupt again are called ______ volcanoes.

• active

• dormant

• extinct

• composite