Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-3, MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of volcano is this? It has been created with layers of cooled lava. 

Shield

Cinder cone

Composite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of volcano has a steep cone-shaped hill or mountain made with only pyroclastic flow? 

Cinder cone volcano

Shield volcano

Composite volcano

Earthquake

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Look at the image. The South American and Nasca plate are moving together. Which type of boundary is this? 

divergent

convergent

transform fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes tectonic plates to move?

ocean currents

convection currents in the mantle

volcanoes

the Coriolis Effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

A boundary that doesn't create or destroy crust is called a:

Transform Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Rift Valley

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

Aftershock

Liquefaction

Seismic Gap

Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

convergent and transform

convergent and divergent

divergent and transform

ocean and mountain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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