Where can you find many volcanoes?
Ring of Fire
Who is the person who reads a seismograph?
A seismologist
Many people have a hard time breathing and plants can die because this happens when a volcano erupts.
When the air is filled with ash.
How does an earthquake occur?
When tectonic plates stick or rub together.
What is one way a tsunami is formed? It has to do with movement of tectonic plates.
An earthquake
What is the height of the highest tsunami wave?
524 meters on July 9, 1958 in Alaska. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 524 meters above sea level.
The biggest volcano can be found here.
The largest volcano on earth is Mauna Loa on Hawai'i Big Island. It is a massive 17,000 meter shield volcano constructed by countless lava flows.
What did people used to call tsunamis? (Hint: 2 words)
Tidal Waves
What ocean is where 80% of tsunamis happen?
The Pacific Ocean, near the Ring of Fire.
If your home is located here, it is directly above where an earthquake occurred.
Epicenter
Which country has the most active volcanoes?
Indonesia. This country in Southeast Asia currently has 58 active volcanoes.
What are the different layers of the Earth?
The inner core, outer core, mantle and crust.
What are things people need to think about when building houses in places where earthquakes happen?
The kind of materials are being used, the design, and if the structure can move with the shaking ground (or other reasonable answers).
A tsunami can be caused by this breaking off and crashing down.
Landslides
What tool is used to measure earthquakes?
Seismograph
What is molten rock called once it comes to the surface of the Earth’s crust?
Lava
The name volcano comes from this Roman god.
Vulcan
What can happen after an earthquake which can startle and scare people?
Aftershocks
An emergency evacuation kit should include some of these items.
Warm clothes, food, water (or any other reasonable answers).
What can explode underwater and cause a tsunami?
An underwater volcano
What proves that there is magma in the mantle of the Earth?
The flowing lava that comes out of a volcano.
Which volcano erupted in Italy and completely destroyed the city of Pompeii?
Mount Vesuvius
Who are scientists who study the solid, liquid and gaseous matter that make up the Earth?
Geologists