Earthquakes and Volcanoes

What causes an Eartquake?

• Earth's plates moving past and against each other.

• Earth's plates moving towards each other.

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What causes Volcanoes to form?

• Waves in Earth's oceans.

• Earth's plates moving away from each other.

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The strength and size of an earthquake is measured using the ..........

• Seconds

• Richter Scale

Magma is .............. that can come to the Earth's surface through a volcanoe.

• A liquid rock

• A solid rock

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The weakest Earthquake measure a .......

• 10

• 1

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Earthquakes that cause damage are greater than which value on the Richter Scale?

• 5.5

• 8

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What is formed when one plate is moving under another plate?

• An ocean

• A volcanoe

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Earthquakes that measure 10 on the Richter Scale are very ......

• rare

• common

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What is the difference between a Plate boundary and a Fault?

• A plate boundary makes volcanoes and a fault makes mountains.

• A plate boundary is where any two plates touch and a fault is where any two moving plates meet.

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What is happening with Earth's plates in The Ring of Fire?

• The Plates are moving around and change the Earth.

• The plates are falling apart.

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