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6th Grade Earthquakes and Volcanoes Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Earthquakes and volcanoes are events that mostly happen near the edges of tectonic plates, where plates push together, pull apart or slide past each other. These earthquakes and volcanoes pages hold 3 6th grade worksheets, each with an answer key. Earthquake and Volcano Map has students read a map of the Pacific and explain the Ring of Fire. Earthquake Magnitude Data has students graph eight earthquakes from a made-up country, and Parts of a Volcano has students label a diagram and compare shield and composite volcanoes.

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It is the horseshoe-shaped belt around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. About 75 percent of the world's active volcanoes and about 90 percent of its earthquakes happen there.

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