Name: _________________________
Class: ____________
Volcano and Earthquake Test (6.E.2.2)
Fred took the following notes while he was on a volcano tour in Hawaii. Use
Fred’s notes to figure out what type of volcanoes he saw.
B.
A.
Steep conical hill with
straight sides
C.
Very gentle slopes;
convex upward
(shaped like a
warrior’s shield)
Explosive eruption
Small
less than 300m high
Quiet eruption
Large
over 10s of kms across
Gentle lower slopes,
but steep upper
slopes; concave
upward
Explosive eruption
Large
1-10 km in diameter
8. What is the name of this active volcano area?
a. Hot spot
b. Ring of Fire
c. Continental drift
B
A
1. _______Stratovolcano/Composite
2. _______Cinder cone
3. _______Shield
4. Volcanoes will be explosive if the magma contains___________.
a. Carbon
A
b. Oxygen
c. Silica
B
C
9. Using the picture above, choose the letter that indicates the older islands.
a. A
b. B
10. The Hawaiian Islands are an example of a
Match the illustration above with the volcano type.
5. ______Dormant
6. ______Active
7. _______Extinct
a. Hot spot
b. Ring of Fire
c. Continental drift
Use the earthquake diagram to answer the following questions.
Use the graph of the earthquake to answer the following.
11. Point A is the ________.
a. epicenter
b. focus/hypocenter
c. strike
14. Which set of waves are the P waves?
a. A
b. focus/hypocenter
c. C
15. Which set of waves are the S waves?
12. Point B is the earthquake ________.
a. epicenter
b. B
c. strike
a. A
b. B
c. C
16. Which set of waves are the surface waves?
13. Which correctly lists the arrival times of seismic waves?
a.
a. A
b. B
c. C
P waves…….Surface waves….. S waves
b. S waves…… Surface waves….. P waves
17. Which waves do the most damage?
c. P waves…….S waves………….Surface waves
a. A
b. B
c. C
18. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of
an earthquake?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
Using the illustration above answer the following questions
Lauren saw the above graph. Using the data above answer the following.
19. Which set of waves are the P waves?
24. Which city was closest to the earthquake?
A. Boston
B. Buffalo
a. A
b. B
c. C
20. Which set of waves are the S waves?
a. A
b. B
c. C
21. Which set of waves are the surface waves?
25. What type of seismic wave can travel
through both liquids and solids?
a. A
a. P waves
b. B
c. C
22. Which waves are an example compressional waves?
b. S waves
a. A
C. L waves (surface waves)
b. B
c. C
23. Which of the following waves is the slowest?
a. A
b. B
c. C
C. Montreal
Lauren sent this text to her parents “ We just had an earthquake! The
table moved and the dishes rattled. Grandma did not have much damage
to her house.”
26. Using the Mercalli scale above, what level was Lauren’s earthquake?
a. I
28. Lauren’s friend Fred is in Hawaii. When is the tsunami expected to arrive
there?
b. VI
c. XI
Lauren was 500 miles away from the earthquake. Lauren’s friend Mei’s
town was over the earthquake.
27. What would you expect the damage to be Mei’s house?
a. The same as Lauren’s
c. Morer than Lauren’s
Lauren heard there was a chance of a Tsunami. Using this graph answer
the following.
b. Less than Lauren’s
a. 4 hours
b. 7 hours
c. 14 hours
29. Lauren’s brother is in Peru. When is the tsunami expected to arrive
there?
a. 3 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 19 hours
30. Which of the following can start a tsunami?
a. Undersea earthquakes
b. Undersea landslide
c. Eruption of undersea volcano
d. All of the above
Mercalli Scale
Measures
Richter Scale
The effects caused by
earthquake
The energy released by the
earthquake
Measuring
Observation
Tool
Quantified from
observation of effect on
Calculation earth’s surface, human,
objects and man-made
structures
Scale
I (not felt) to XII (total
destruction)
Consistency
Varies depending on
distance from epicenter
Seismograph
Base-10 logarithmic scale
obtained by calculating
logarithm of the amplitude
of waves.
From 2.0 to 10.0+ (never
recorded). A 3.0 earthquake
is 10 times stronger than a
2.0 earthquake.
Varies at different distances
from the epicenter, but one
value is given for the
earthquake as a whole.
34. At which location would earthquakes be least likely to occur?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Using the diagram below to answer the following:
32. Which scale describes the intensity of an earthquake based on its
observed effects?
a. the Richter scale
b. The Mercalli scale
33. Which scale describes the earthquake's magnitude by measuring the
seismic waves that caused the earthquake?
a. the Richter scale
b. The Mercalli scale
35. What type of stress is illustrated in illustration B?
a. compression
b. tension
c. transform/shearing
36. What type of fault is illustrated in illustration D?
a. Reverse /Thrust
b. Normal
c. Strike Slip