Multiple Choice:   Select the choice which best answers the question:

For some of the questions, use the maps to help answer them. Click on the map to get a larger picture of it.  You may have to use other maps, like those in the activity, to also help answer some questions..
   
 

1) What is an earthquake?
    a) a really bad storm
    b) a large ocean wave that crashes onto the land
    c) a mountain that erupts and spews hot rocks
    d) a violent shaking of the ground
 

2) What can earthquakes do?
    a) destroy houses and buildings
    b) rip apart roads and highways
    c) cause fires to start (sometimes)
    d) all of the above
 

3) Which sentence below is true?
    a) Earthquakes occur in every state in the United States
    b) Earthquakes never occur in Canada or Mexico
    c) There have been big earthquakes in San Francisco, California
    d) Scientists can always predict earthquakes
 

4) Which sentence below is false?
    a) Earthquakes occur in the oceans
    b) Earthquakes occur in Africa
    c) The epicenter or an earthquake is where the earthquake starts
    d) Earthquakes don't cause much damage
 

5) Which state would you predict is most likely to have an earthquake?
    a) Alaska
    b) Kansas
    c) New Jersey
    d) Ohio
 

6) In which of the countries listed below do earthquakes occur?
    a) United States
    b) Japan
    c) Canada
    d) All of the above
 

7) In the United States, all of the following states have earthquakes except which one?
    a) California
    b) North Dakota
    c) Washington
    d) Alaska
 

8) Which National Park has a lot of earthquakes?

    a) Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
    b) Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota
    c) Mount Rushmore National Park in South Dakota
    d) Great Smoky Mountain National Park in North Carolina
 

9) What state seems to have the most earthquakes?
    a) Nevada
    b) Montana
    c) Washington
    d) California
 

10) Near which large body of water do earthquakes occur the most?
    a) The Atlantic Ocean
    b) The Pacific Ocean
    c) The Gulf of Mexico
    d) Hudson's Bay

11) Exploding mountains, like Mount Saint Helens in Washington state, are more commonly called:
    a) Rockies
    b) Plateaus
    c) Volcanoes
    d) Earthquakes
 

12) In what year did the major eruption that blew the top off of Mount Saint Helens occur?
    a) 1990
    b) 1980
    c) 1995
    d) 1998

13) Before Mount Saint Helens exploded, it was 9,677 feet tall.  After the explosion, it was 8,364 feet tall.  This means:
    a) Mount Saint Helens grew by over 1000 feet
    b) Mount Saint Helens shrunk by over 1000 feet
    c) Mount Saint Helens grew by less than 100 feet
    d) Mount Saint Helens shrunk by less than 100 feet
 

14) Which of the following is closest to describing how much Mount Saint Helens changed in height?
    a) The Statue of Liberty (151 feet)
    b) The Empire State Building (1250 feet)
    c) The Seattle Space Needle (603 feet)
    d) The Eiffel Tower (1052 feet)
 

15) Volcanoes can be found in which countries?
    a) The United States
    b) Japan
    c) Russia
    d) All of the above
 

16) Which states both have active volcanoes?
    a) Alaska and Hawaii
    b) Kansas and Nebraska
    c) Georgia and South Carolina
    d) Montana and Washington
 

17) When a volcano erupts, what usually will come out of it?
    a) oil
    b) lava
    c) gasoline
    d) dinosaur bones
 

18) If your hand touched lava, what would happen to your hand?
    a) nothing
    b) it would freeze
    c) it would burn
    d) it would feel tingly
 

19) How many states have volcanoes?
    a) 4
    b) 11
    c) 20
    d) every state has volcanoes
 

20) What is lava called when it is still underground?
    a) magma
    b) lava
    c) hot rocks
    d) sluice

22) The area that surrounds the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes and earthquakes are common is called:
    a) The Ring of Fire
    b) The Pacific Ring
    c) The Americas
    d) The Ocean of Fire
 

23) The innermost layer of the Earth is called the:
    a) crust
    b) core
    c) mantle
    d) shell
 

24) The outermost layer of the Earth is called the:
    a) crust
    b) core
    c) mantle
    d) shell
 

25) The Earth's crust is made up of many sections called:
    a) shells
    b) countries
    c) plates
    d) mountains
 

26) The plate most of the United States is located on is called the:
    a) Eurasian Plate
    b) North American Plate
    c) South American Plate
    d) African Plate
 

27) The device that measures how much the ground wiggles during an eathquake is called
    a) an earthquake meter
    b) a barometer
    c) a thermometer
    d) a seismograph
 

28) Earthquakes occur when
    a) The Earth's moving plates jump as they slide past one another.
    b) The magma from underneath the Earth's surface escapes through holes in the Earth's plates
    c) Too many people live in one area
    d) The temperature outside changes very fast
 

29) An earthquake of more than 7.0 would be:
    a) a minor earthquake
    b) an earthquake hardly felt by anyone
    c) a major earthquake
    d) a great destructive earthquake
 

30) The scale which measures earthquake intensity is called the:
    a) Saffir - Simpson scale
    b) Beaufort Scale
    c) Richter Scale
    d) Intensity Scale