Earthquake & Volcano Quiz

What is the cause of an Earthquake?

•  when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault
• Rocks falling 
• Valcanoes  errupting

What is a fault?

• A crack in a plate.
• Where two plates move toward each other.

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

This word describes the size of the earthquake:

• seismograph
• magnitude
• focus
• epicenter

This area is responsible for 90% of all earthquakes in  the world and contains numerous faults:

• Indian Ocean
• English Canal
• The Ring of Fire
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

At what location does the first motion of an earthquake occur

• the focus
• the seismic gap
• the mantle
• the epicenter

The most destructive type of wave is a 

• P-wave
• S-wave
• Surface wave
• transverse wave