Logo

Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2 (Questions)

This Science quiz is called 'Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2' and it has been written by teachers to help you if you are studying the subject at middle school. Playing educational quizzes is a fabulous way to learn if you are in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade - aged 11 to 14.

It costs only $12.50 per month to play this quiz and over 3,500 others that help you with your school work. You can subscribe on the page at Join Us

Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer. A magnitude of 3 or lower is mostly imperceptible, however a magnitude of 7 can cause serious damage over large areas.

Test your knowledge with this second of three quizzes on the subject.

1. Which layer is immediately below the earth's crust?
[ ] Core
[ ] Horizon
[ ] Mantle
[ ] Margin
2. What form does the mantle take?
[ ] Gas
[ ] Ice
[ ] Semi-liquid
[ ] Solid rock
3. Which ocean has a ring of earthquakes and volcanoes around its edge?
[ ] Arctic
[ ] Atlantic
[ ] Indian
[ ] Pacific
4. An earthquake can be measured on what scale?
[ ] Reuter
[ ] Richter
[ ] Richthofen
[ ] Rickman
5. Earthquakes are most likely to happen where?
[ ] In the center of plates
[ ] Near plate edges
[ ] Under the highest mountains
[ ] Where major rivers enter oceans
6. How can you tell that South America and Africa were once joined?
[ ] America and Africa both begin and end with 'a'
[ ] By the shape of their coastlines
[ ] The native people look alike
[ ] They both have major deserts
7. Mauna Loa is a volcano in which American state?
[ ] Alaska
[ ] Hawaii
[ ] Montana
[ ] New Mexico
8. A volcano not expected to erupt again is called what?
[ ] Dead
[ ] Extinct
[ ] Idle
[ ] Obsolete
9. Heated underground water rising to the surface under huge pressure is a...?
[ ] Geezer
[ ] Geyser
[ ] Giza
[ ] Gyeeser
10. Large rocks thrown from a volcano have what name?
[ ] Bombs
[ ] Bricks
[ ] Lava lumps
[ ] Missiles
Logo
Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Earthquakes and Volcanoes 2 (Answers)
1. Which layer is immediately below the earth's crust?
[ ] Core
[ ] Horizon
[x] Mantle
[ ] Margin
2. What form does the mantle take?
[ ] Gas
[ ] Ice
[x] Semi-liquid
[ ] Solid rock
3. Which ocean has a ring of earthquakes and volcanoes around its edge?
[ ] Arctic
[ ] Atlantic
[ ] Indian
[x] Pacific
Known as the 'Pacific Ring of Fire'
4. An earthquake can be measured on what scale?
[ ] Reuter
[x] Richter
[ ] Richthofen
[ ] Rickman
5. Earthquakes are most likely to happen where?
[ ] In the center of plates
[x] Near plate edges
[ ] Under the highest mountains
[ ] Where major rivers enter oceans
The edges of plates are very unstable
6. How can you tell that South America and Africa were once joined?
[ ] America and Africa both begin and end with 'a'
[x] By the shape of their coastlines
[ ] The native people look alike
[ ] They both have major deserts
They split apart as the earth's plates moved!
7. Mauna Loa is a volcano in which American state?
[ ] Alaska
[x] Hawaii
[ ] Montana
[ ] New Mexico
Hawaii has a national park called 'Volcanoes'
8. A volcano not expected to erupt again is called what?
[ ] Dead
[x] Extinct
[ ] Idle
[ ] Obsolete
9. Heated underground water rising to the surface under huge pressure is a...?
[ ] Geezer
[x] Geyser
[ ] Giza
[ ] Gyeeser
10. Large rocks thrown from a volcano have what name?
[x] Bombs
[ ] Bricks
[ ] Lava lumps
[ ] Missiles
They can be thrown hundreds of feet in the air