Earthquakes

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

• crust
• plates
• directions
• seismos

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

• Sierra Nevada Seismic Zone
• Denali Fault
• San Fransisco 
• San Andreas

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

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

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates

The magnitude of an Earthquake is......

• a fault line
• The amount of energy released by the Earthquake
• The amount of damage done by the Earthquake

______________ is the amount of damage done to structures by the Earthquake.

• Probability
• Amplitude
• Seismic Gap
• Intensity

Where do 15% of all earthquakes occur?

• Mediterranean -Asian
• Circum Pacific
• Seismic Belts

Only 1 station can be used to determine the location of the epicenter.

• true
• false

The numerical scale used to measure an Earthquakes magnitude

• Moment-time
• Richter
• Mercalli

The first wave of an earthquake is . . . . 

• tsunami
• surface wave
• p wave
• s wave