Earthquakes and Volcanoes- Test Review

An instrument that detects and records earthquakes.

• seismic wave

• seismometer

• seismograph

A vibration caused by an earthquake.

• seismic wave

• seismometer

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Shows seismic waves as curvy lines along a graph.

• seismic wave

• seismometer

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A ______________is usually caused by a movement along a fault

• Earthquake

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A _______________ is an opening in Earth’s crust

• Earthquake

• Volcano

__________________ occur when two plates meet and one sinks below the other forming a hill.

• Earthquake

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Humans have the technology to stop Natural Hazards

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes and Volcanoes both occur at faults

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes and Volcanoes can change the surface of the Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Most volcanoes are found where we live on the East Coast.

• True

• False