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Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

1. The long chain of volcanoes that encircles
7. The point from which an earthquake originates
much of the Pacific Ocean is called
is called the
A. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
B. The Pacific Rim
C. The Pacific Plate
D. The Ring of Fire
2. Scientists use volcanoes and earthquake activity
to establish
A. Plate boundaries
A. Focus
B. Lines of latitude
B. Epicenter
C. Borders between countries
C. Fault line
D. The density of rock layers
D. Shock wave
3. When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and
8. What is usually responsible for an earthquake?
ridges are formed because
A. Pressure buildup within the mantle
A. Sediments are deposited where the floor
B. Slippage along faults within Earths crust
spreads, building ridges
C. Weathering along coastlines
B. As the plates pull apart, magma moves to
D. Force changes from the moon pulling on
the surface, building ridges
Earth
C. Ocean water pushes down on the
9. Seismic waves generated by an earthquake at
surrounding sea floor, pushing up ridges
point R are recorded at locations W and X.
D. Underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor
Which pair of seismographs is more accurate?
into long ridges
4. While on vacation, a student visits the area
around a volcano that has recently erupted. The
student can expect to find samples of
A. Clastic sedimentary rock
B. Nonfoliated metamorphic rock
C. Chemically formed sedimentary rock
D. Extrusive igneous rock _
5. Which provides the best evidence for the theory
that faults and volcanoes are results of tectonic
plate interactions?
A.
A. Faults on tectonic plates are in constant
motion, but volcanoes may not erupt for
many years.
B. Faults and volcanoes existed long before
there were tectonic plates.
B.
C. Tectonic plates that have many faults do not
usually have volcanoes.
D. Faults and volcanoes are often found at
tectonic plate boundaries.
C.
6. What is the fewest number of seismographic
stations that must record the arrival time of P
and S waves in order for the epicenter of an
earthquake to be located?
A. 2
D.
B. 3 _
C. 5
D. 10

10. Each dot on the above diagram marks the origin

of an earthquake. The area with the highest
concentration of earthquake origins marks

A line of Earths magnetic field

A seam of soft rock, such as limestone
The path of the subducting tectonic plate
The location of a developing igneous
intrusion
11. An earthquake struck San Diego, California.
The below map and table show that the
approximate difference in arrival times between
the P-wave and S-wave at Seattle is:
A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

2 minutes
3 minutes
4 minutes
5 minutes

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12. Which wave is the fastest as it moves through
Earth?
A. S wave
B. P wave
C. Raleigh wave
D. Love wave
13. P waves move through the earth by
A. Compressing and expanding particles
B. Moving the particles up and down
C. Moving the particles in a circle
D. Shearing at the particles
14. Volcanoes that explode with one violent
eruption, producing a cone of fragments are
called
A. Cinder cone
B. Composite/Stratovolcano
C. Shield
D. Hotspot
15. Hawaii, with thin magma that can flow far from
the volcano before solidifying, is classified as
which type of volcano?
A. Cinder cone
B. Composite/Stratovolcano
C. Shield
D. Hotspot
16. What type of volcano can form in the middle of
tectonic plates?
A. Cinder cone
B. Composite/Stratovolcano
C. Shield
D. Hotspot

Use the picture of volcanoes to identify each type of

volcano:
17. The left volcano represents which volcano?
18. The middle volcano represents which volcano?
19. The right volcano represents which volcano?
Bonus
20. Name a plate boundary that causes volcanoes.
21. Which process of one plate diving under
another causes most very powerful
earthquakes?