Quiz: earthquakes and volcanos

• Humanities
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

The point where the earthquake comes at the surface is called:

1. hypocentre
2. epicentre

True or False:
Earthquakes happen at plate borders.

1. True
2. False

How many times stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 4, compared with a magnitude of 1

1. 10x
2. 100x
3. 1000x
4. 10.000x

In which of the following counties do you think there are the least victims from earthquakes.

1. Pakistan
2. Haiti
3. Japan
4. Nepal

True or False?
During an earthquake you can die in a fire

1. True
2. False

Volcanos are the most explosive at which place?

1. where plates move away from eachother
2. where plates move towards eachother

The right order of material that comes out of a volcano is:

1. lava, ash, gas
2. ash, lava, gas
3. gas, lava, ash
4. ash, gas, lava

True or False?
Magma is the name for lava that has come to the surface because of a volcanic eruption

1. True
2. False

Which of the following is not a volcano?

1. Krakatau
2. Vesuvius
3. Mount Fuji
4. Mount Everest

Which of the following words does not belong with volcanoes on the ocean floor?

1. mid-oceanic ridge
2. ocean floor disappears
3. calm volcanoes
4. harmless