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EARTHQUAKES SOMETIMES CAUSE MONSTROUS WAVES CALLED
a) FAULTS
b) EPICENTERS
c) TSUNAMIS
d) FOCUSES

A BREAK THAT APPEARS AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO MOVING MASSES OF ROCK
a) FAULT
b) EPICENTER
c) FOCUS
d) TSUNAMI

THE POINT UNDERGROUND WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE BEGINS IS CALLED THE
a) FAULT
b) TSUNAMI
c) EPICENTER
d) FOCUS

THE PLACE AT GROUND LEVEL THAT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS KNOWN AS THE
a) EARHQUAKE
b) EPICENTER
c) FAULT
d) TSUNAMI

ANY TREMBLING OR SHAKING OF THE EARTH'S CRUST IS DEFINED AS AN
a) EARTHQUAKE
b) EPICENTER
c) FOCUS
d) FAULT

WHAT IS MAGMA THAT HAS REACHED THE EARTH'S SURFACE CALLED?
a) ASH
b) TEPHRA
c) LAVA
d)

RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THE _________ IS NAMED FOR ITS MANY VOLCANOES.
a) FUMAROLE
b) RING OF FIRE
c)
d)

SMALLER FRAGMENTS OF MOLTEN ROCKS THAT SOLIDIFY ALMOST INSTANTLY
a) TEPHRA
b) FUMAROLES
c) LAVA
d) MAGMA

A DEPRESSION FOUND AT THE TOP OF A VOLCANO IS CALLED A __________?
a) FUMAROLE
b) RING OF FIRE
c) TEPHRA
d) CRATER

HOLES OR CRACKS WHICH SERVE AS ESCAPE VENTS FOR UNDERGROUND GASES ARE CALLED__________?
a) CRATERS
b) FUMAROLES
c) TEPHRAS
d)

SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
a) ENTOMOLOGISTS
b) GEOGRAPHERS
c) GEOLOGISTS
d)

THE PROCESS BY WHICH NEW SOIL IS FORMED AS ROCKS CRUMBLE AND BREAK INTO SMALLER PIECES
a) EROSION
b) SEDIMENTATION
c) COMPACTION
d) WEATHERING

THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE EARTH'S CRUST AND ITS MANTLE
a) MOHO OR MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY
b) TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
c) CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
d) DIVERGENT BOUNDARY

THE UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGES
a) MID-OCEANIC RIDGES
b) SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
c) OCEANIC MOUNTAINS
d)

THE STUDY OF EARTHQUAKES
a) GEOLOGY
b) QUAKEOLOGY
c) SEISMOLOGY
d)

WHAT IS THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH?
a) MANTLE
b) CORE
c) CRUST
d)

MANTLE
a) THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
b) MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH, MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR; MADE OF SOLID ROCK
c) INNERMOST REGION OF THE EARTH, DIVIDED INTO (LIQUID) OUTER CORE AND (SOLID) INNER CORE WHICH ARE MADE UP OF METAL
d)

CORE
a) INNERMOST REGION OF THE EARTH, DIVIDED INTO (LIQUID) OUTER CORE AND (SOLID) INNER CORE WHICH ARE MADE UP OF METAL
b) THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
c) MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH, MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR; MADE OF SOLID ROCK
d)

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