Multiple Choice Questions

It is erupting or that has erupted recently.
  • Describe a lava bomb.
  • Active volcano
  • What is a volcano?
  • Dormant volcano
Waves that the energy from an earthquake travel through.
  • Describe the epicenter.
  • What is a seismograph?
  • Describe a resurgent dome.
  • Describe seismic waves.
A small burst of shaking that occurs before a large earthquake.
  • What is the Richter scale?
  • What is a foreshock?
  • What is an aftershock?
  • What is a seismograph?
A region of earth's plate boundaries where oceanic crust is subducting under other plates; active volcanoes and earthquakes are common.
  • Describe the New Madrid Fault.
  • Describe the epicenter.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the Ring of Fire.
He started recording seismic waves to learn more about the mantle. He received strange signals from a soccer game.
  • Describe what happened to Garrett Euler in the Republic of Cameroon in Africa.
  • What is an earthquake?
  • How is a volcanic island arc formed?
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
3 plates connect right by Japan.
  • Describe the plates around Japan.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
  • Describe how a Caldera is formed.
  • Describe the New Madrid Fault.
A volcano collapses on itself forming a bowl shape.
  • Describe the plates around Japan.
  • Describe how a Caldera is formed.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
When potential energy exceeds the strength of the rock and the rock breaks and slips. Lithospheric plates slide past.
  • Describe the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
  • Describe the three conditions of an earthquake.
  • Describe the sip and stick motion of an earthquake.
not erupting now, but may in the future.
  • Dormant volcano
  • Active volcano
  • How are volcanic island chains formed?
  • What is an aftershock?
In 1964, Alaska, 4 minutes.
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
  • Describe the formation and composition of a shield volcano.
  • When, where, and how long was the longest earthquake in the United States?
  • Describe the formation and composition of a composite volcano.
The movement of Earth's crust resulting from the release of built-up potential energy between two stuck lithospheric plates.
  • What is liquefaction?
  • How is a volcanic island arc formed?
  • What is an earthquake?
  • What is a seismograph?
A destructive cloud of volcanic material that moves quickly down the side of a volcano after an explosive eruption
  • Describe the San Andreas Fault.
  • Describe the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe a resurgent dome.
  • Describe a pyroclastic flow.
-Body waves reach and travel through the interior.-Surface waves reach and travel along the surface.
  • Describe the formation and composition of a cinder cone.
  • Compare and contrast P-waves and S-waves.
  • Compare and contrast body waves and surface waves.
  • Explain how the epicenter of an earthquake is located.
a vent in Earth's crust that releases steam and lava.
  • What is an aftershock?
  • What is a seismograph?
  • What is a foreshock?
  • What is a volcano?
Seismic waves. The larger the difference in arrival time the farther the epicenter is from the station.
  • What is the difference between pumice and ash?
  • Describe the formation and composition of a cinder cone.
  • Compare and contrast body waves and surface waves.
  • Explain how the epicenter of an earthquake is located.
Ranks according to their magnitude of the seismic waves recorded on the seismograph.
  • What is the Richter scale?
  • What is a foreshock?
  • What is the Modified Mercalli Scale?
  • What is the difference between pumice and ash?
Rates the total energy released by earthquakes.
  • What is the Moment Magnitude scale?
  • What is the Modified Mercalli Scale?
  • What is the Richter scale?
  • What is the difference between pumice and ash?
Parts of the fault line may be stuck together while other parts may move and any time. It is located along the Western coast of the US.
  • Describe the San Andreas Fault.
  • Describe the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the Ring of Fire.
Found inside a caldera.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
  • What is the Modified Mercalli Scale?
  • Where would you find a lava lake?
  • What is the Moment Magnitude scale?
The region on Earth's surface that is broken and where movement occurs.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
  • Describe the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the Ring of Fire.
Has low silica magma and lava with high level of dissolved gas, they produce fire fountains
  • Describe the formation and composition of a shield volcano.
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
  • Describe the formation and composition of a composite volcano.
  • Describe the formation and composition of a cinder cone.
-Two objects that are touching each other, where at least on of the objects can move.-A force(s) that will cause the movement.-Friction strong enough to temporarily keep the movement from starting.
  • Describe the three conditions of an earthquake.
  • Describe the sip and stick motion of an earthquake.
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
  • Describe the San Andreas Fault.
A point on Earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe the New Madrid Fault.
  • Describe the Ring of Fire.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the epicenter.
The point below Earth's surface where a rock breaks or slips and causes an earthquake.
  • Describe the fault of an earthquake.
  • Describe the focus of an earthquake.
  • Describe the formation and composition of fire fountains.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
-S-waves are slower and move side-to-side.P-waves are faster and move forward and backward.
  • What is the Modified Mercalli Scale?
  • Compare and contrast body waves and surface waves.
  • How are volcanic island chains formed?
  • Compare and contrast P-waves and S-waves.
The process in which the vibration of the seismic waves causes ground water to rise to the surface, turning solid ground into a liquid-like material.
  • What is liquefaction?
  • What is a foreshock?
  • What is the Richter scale?
  • What is a seismograph?
No longer erupts and is in the process of eroding.
  • Extinct volcano
  • Describe a lava bomb.
  • Active volcano
  • What is a volcano?
A mound in the vent of an erupted volcano.
  • Describe the formation of a lahar.
  • Describe a pyroclastic flow.
  • Describe the New Madrid Fault.
  • Describe a resurgent dome.
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