Chapter 2 Review

Earthquakes and Volcanoes 

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1. What is a Tsunami?  

2. Explain the difference between a focus and an epicenter.  

3. Name the three types of earthquake waves.  

4. What is magnitude and how is it related to the Richter Scale?  

5. What is a fault volcano?  

6. What are the two definitions for a volcano?  

7. What is the difference between active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes?  

8. What is the difference between magma and lava?  

9. Label the following diagram

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10.  Name and describe the 3 ways that volcanoes form. 

11. What causes earthquakes to occur? 

12. Where do the majority of earthquakes occur? 

13. What causes volcanoes to grow larger?