1. Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

2. 1. How do earthquakes occur?
A. When magma spills up into the crust
B. When two tectonic plates slip past each other
C. When gravity disrupts the core
D. When the dinosaurs in the center of the earth stampede

3. 2. What is the name of the spot below ground where an earthquake occurs?
A. Epicenter
B. Fault
C. Focus
D. Seismic spot

4. 3. What is an epicenter?
The spot underground where an earthquake occurs
Where faults occur
Where volcanoes form
The spot above ground where the earthquake occurs

5. 4. What type of fault is this?
Normal Fault
Reverse/Thrust Fault
Strike-slip Fault
Mountain Fault

6. 5. Draw a strike-slip fault.

7. 6. What are the waves that earthquake produce called?
Earthquake waves
Vulcan waves
Seismic waves
Faulted waves

8. 7. T/F: P waves look like this.

9. 8. What are the machines called that measure earthquakes?
Seismometers
Seismographs
Seismeters
Seismolators

10. 9. What is the highest number on the Richter scale?10 20 50 5

11. 10. Which of the following is not a natural disaster that earthquakes cause?
Landslides
Tornados
Tsunamis
Liquefaction

12. 11. Which type of volcanoes are island builders?
Dome
Shield
Cinder cone
Stratovolcano

13. 12. This is what kind of volcano?
Stratovolcano
Cinder cone
Shield

14. 13. What kind of volcano oozes lava instead of erupting violently?
Cinder cone
Stratovolcano
Shield
Dome

15. 14. What is ash, dust and pebble-sized rocks that goes downhill at up to 100 MPH?
Fire Fountain
Pyroclastic Flow
Debris
Plume

16. 15. What type of lava is this?

17. 16. T/F: Volcanoes kill more people than any other natural disaster?

18. 17. A volcano that hasn’t erupted for more than 200 years is called
Active
Dormant
Extinct
Semi-active

19. 18. Name one way volcanologists predict volcanic eruptions.

20. 19. The Wasatch fault will produce an earthquake
19. The Wasatch fault will produce an earthquake. How big do they predict it will be?
5.5
6.5
7.5
8.5