Year 6 Earthquake Explorers Assessment 2019

The layer of the Earth that we live on is the?

• crust
• outer core
• inner core
• mantle

The crust is broken into pieces of rock known as?

• paper plates
• china plates
• tectonic plates
• Richter Scale

The scale that the magnitude of an earthquake is measured on is a?

• Seismic
• Richter 
• Weight
• Music

The natural disaster created by a submarine earthquake is a?

• tsunami
• tornado
• king wave
• cyclone

Australia receives limited seismic disturbance because we are?

• Away from the boundaries of tectonic plates
• On the edge of the tectonic plates
• Beneath a tectonic plate
• Just lucky

When tectonic plates slowly move into each other this can cause?

• tidal waves
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

The region of the Earth along the edge of the Pacific Plate is known as?

• Ring the door
• Ring of fire
• Ring the bell
• Volcanic Destruction

Which town in New South Wales received an earthquake in 1989?

• Sydney
• Coffs Harbour
• Dubbo
• Newcastle

The point of the Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake originated is known as?

• epicentre
• danger zone
• Ground Zero
• epiglottis

What is the technology used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

• seismology
• seismograph
• seismologist 
• seismometers