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Quarter 1 Review: Chapter 1 and The Scientific Method
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What are scientists called who study earthquakes?
geologists
seismologists
volcanologists
pedologists
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What volcano resembles a small hill?
composite
shield
strombolian
cinder
3
What are showers of ash and lava blown into the air by a volcano?
tephra
pyroclastic flow
cinder
4
Measurement written in a table or graph.
hypothesis
results
problem
data
5
What volcano resembles an upside down saucer?
cinder
shield
composite
6
P and S waves are:
surfing waves
body waves
heart rythyms
land waves
7
Two surface plates that move together.
reverse fault
normal fault
strike-slip fault
volcanic eruption
8
What is the bowl shape that is blasted from a volcanic eruption?
cinder
composite
crater
cone
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What type of eruption is not expected to erupt again?
dead
extinct
active
dormant
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The crust and the upper area of the mantle are called the
inner core
lithosphere
outer core
tectonic plates
11
P waves move through _.
liquid
solid
nether
solid and liquid
12
What is a serious series of waves caused by a landslide, volcano or earthquake?
Hurricane
Tsunami
The Great Flood
Tornado
13
A pocket of molten rock deep in the earth's lithosphere.
hot spot
lochness monster chamber
magma chamber
lava chamber
14
The opening of the volcano where lava oozes out from?
nostrils
vent
cone
crater
15
After an earthquake, what does the Mercalli scale measure?
destruction
magnitude
16
What is the name of the ring of volcanoes around the edge of the Pacific plate called?
Ring of Fire
Volcanic Ring
Pacific Rift Ring
17
When a volcano has erupted in the past and is not expected to erupt again it is considered?
dormant
active
extinct
18
When surface plates push and scrape against each other the energy can build up causing a _.
all of the above
fault
hot spot
tsunami
19
This observable change is the response to what you manipulated in the experiment.
problem
independent variable
scientific method
dependent variable
20
Scientists believe the Hawaiian islands were formed by _.
god
Pangaea
hot spots
The Great Flood
21
Two surface plates that move apart.
normal fault
strike-slip fault
earthquake
reverse fault
22
The existence of Pangaea is a
fact
theory
fault
law
23
What feature makes a solid structure?
build a stable for pigs
stable roof
stable walls
stable foundation
24
The earth’s crust is broken up into pieces called?
boundaries
rocks
continents
plates
25
The step by step process scientists use to solve questions.
procedure
the scientific method
conclusion
application
26
What is the sudden shifting of rocks at plate boundaries called?
volcano
geyser
earthquake
hot spring
27
The largest volcano in the world is the _.
cinder cone
composite cone
shield
Mauna Loa
28
What are jagged pieces of crushed rock?
pyroclastic flow
tephra
ash
plastic
29
This is how you will use the conclusion to your experiment.
problem
results
the scientific method
application
30
What seismic wave is the fastest moving land wave that moves back and forth?
Primary wave
Love wave
Rayleigh wave
Secondary wave
31
What is the idea that the earth's lithosphere is moving?
theory of plate tectonics
theory of Pangaea
theory of evolution
Noah's Flood
32
What would cause a small earthquake?
avalanche
volcanic eruption
movement at plate boundaries
taking away or adding earth for building purposes
33
What seismic wave moves in a straight line and moves through solid and liquid?
Rayleigh wave
Primary wave
Secondary wave
Love wave
34
What are breaks in the earth’s surface along which rocks can move?
earthquake
plates
fault
lithosphere
35
What body wave moves slowly and can only travel through to the solid crust?
Rayleigh wave
Primary Wave
Secondary Wave
Love wave
36
_ volcanoes have gradually sloping sides.
Ant mound
Cinder cone
Shield
Composite cone
37
Something that is kept the same in an experiment on purpose.
independent variable
dependent variable
constant
hypothesis
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There is no recorded eruption.
dead
dormant
extinct
active
39
The one part of the experiment that is being changed or manipulated.
dependent variable
independent variable
constant
procedure
40
An earthquake's magnitude is registered on what scale?
metric
Richter
USGS
Mercalli
41
What seismic wave moves in a rolling motion like a roller coaster?
Rayleigh wave
Primary wave
Secondary wave
Love wave
42
_ are vibrations of an earthquake.
faults
tsunamis
magnitude
seismic waves
43
What volcano resembles a mountainous cone?
shield
composite
cinder
44
What is the beginning point of an earthquake called?
epicenter
volcano
focus
seismic waves
45
What is tephra?
cinders
cinders, ash and rock
ash
ash and lava
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What is the question to be solved?
conclusion
problem
results
data
47
A prediction of what will happen in the experiment.
conclusion
problem
data
hypothesis
48
A/An _ volcano has erupted in the past and is expected to erupt again.
sleeping
active
dormant
extinct
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What is molten rock under the earth’s surface called?
lava
tephra
cinder
magma
50
_studies the movement of the earth.
seismologist
biologist
volcanologist
geographer
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What are pools of magma below the oceanic crust?
hot spots
hot shots
shield volcanoes
volcanoes
