Earthquake Lesson

Multiple Choice

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Underground

• Crust

Multiple Choice

Which plate boundaries cause earthquakes?

• transform
• convergent
• divergent
• all 3 boundaries

Multiple Choice

Which plate boundary is displayed?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Hot Spot

Multiple Choice

Which plate boundary is displayed?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Hot Spot

Multiple Choice

Which plate boundary is displayed?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Hot Spot

Multiple Choice

Study the figure and identify the correct type of stress for each blank. ______causes a material to shorten. _______ causes a material to lengthen. ________causes distortion of a material.

• No strain. Compression. Tension

• Compression. Tension. Shear

• No strain. Tension. Shear

• Tension. Shear. Compression

Multiple Choice

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Surface

• Crust

Multiple Choice

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph

• Seismologist

• Scale

• Seismogram

Multiple Choice

Which city is closest to the epicenter?

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

• New York, NY

• Nome, Alaska

• Guadalajara, Mexico

Multiple Choice

What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?

• Richter scale

• Mercalli scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• seismographic scale

Multiple Choice

Which wave can travel through all materials?

• P - primary

• S - secondary

• L - Long

Multiple Choice

Which wave can travel through solids only?

• P - Primary

• S - Secondary

• Surface

Multiple Choice

Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake

• epicenter

• focus

• Richter scale

• Mercalli Scale

Multiple Choice

Where is the epicenter of this earthquake?

• Salt Lake

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco

• Portland

Multiple Choice

Which seismic wave is the first to reach a seismic station?

• P Wave

• S Wave

• Q Wave

• Surface Wave

Multiple Choice

Which type of seismic wave can move through solid layers of the earth but not through the liquid outer core?

• P wave

• S wave

• Q Wave

• Surface Wave