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Earthquakes And Volcanoes
Test Description: Chapter 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the crust and upper part of the mantle called?
A
tsunami
B
seismic waves
C
plate
D
lithosphere
2) What is the point of origin of an earthquake?
A
fault
B
geyser
C
focus
D
epicenter
3) Where is the epicenter located?
A
On the earth's surface directly above the focus
B
Under the sea near a thin part of the crust
C
Near a crack in the crust
D
Below the earth's surface where the earthquake starts
4) What are the vibrations that flow out from the earthquake's focus?
A
electromagnetic waves
B
marine waves
C
seismic waves
D
sound waves
5) Which of the following are the most destructive earthquake waves?
A
P
B
L
C
S
D
Q
6) What is the measure of an earthquake's strength called?
A
vog
B
seismic energy
C
velocity
D
magnitude
7) Which of the following can be associated with an earthquake?
A
tsunami
B
all of these
C
fault
D
volcano
8) Which of the following is NOT a type of hot spring?
A
hot spot
B
mud pot
C
all of the above
D
geyser
9) What is vog?
A
debris flow
B
pyroclastic flow
C
lava eruption
D
volcanic fog
10) What is the area along the edge of the Pacific Ocean where lots of volcanic activity occurs?
A
Ring of Volcanoes
B
EVZ (Earthquake-Volcano Zone)
C
Pacific Seismic Zone
D
Ring of FIre
11) What is magma?
A
the opening in the top of a volcano
B
molten rock that flows out of a volcano
C
molten rock underneath the earth's surface
D
a crack along the earth's surface
12) What does a seismologist study?
A
Volcanoes
B
Types of volcanic eruptions
C
Movements in the earth's crust
D
Rocks
13) Earthquke magnitude is measured by
A
the Mercalli Scale
B
the Weight Watcher's scale
C
a seismograph
D
the Richter scale
14) What machine records the movement of the earth's crust?
A
Electrograph
B
Seismograph
C
Stethoscope
D
Oscilloscope
15) What is another name for a gradual, sloping volcano?
A
Shield
B
Composite
C
Sloper
D
Cinder cone
16) What volcano has a bowl-like crater on top and only one main vent?
A
cinder cone
B
peak
C
shield
D
composite
17) If a volcano has not erupted in modern times and is not expected to erupt again, what type of volcano is it?
A
active
B
sleeping
C
dormant
D
extinct
18) Pieces of ash and lava blown into the air is called
A
magma
B
cinder
C
lava
D
tephra
19) What type of volcano has different kinds of eruptions causing layers in its formation?
A
cinder cone
B
sloping
C
composite
D
shield
20) What type of hot spring perodically sends bursts of hot water into the air?
A
mud pot
B
lava pool
C
geyser
D
hot spot
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