Earthquakes

Earthquakes

9th Grade

22 Qs

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Danielle Brownlee

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the area directly above the spot where the Earthquake actually occurs? (It is on Earth's surface.) 
Epicenter
Focus
Fault
Triangulation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Richter scale measures:
the amount of radon gas released
the movement of plates
the strength of an earthquake
the weight of tectonic plates

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?
it probably happened in an area with no people
it was a fast earthquake
because it damaged a lot
impossible to tell

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Liquefaction is when...
the soil behaves like liquid
the ground becomes liquid
magma rises to the surface
buildings are damaged, crumbling like liquid

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

seismogram

focus seismic map

focus

seismograph

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a tracing of an earthquake's motion that is created by a seismograph?
Seismograph
Seismogram
Seismologist
Elastic Rebound

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the beginning point of an earthquake, where the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
Epicenter
Focus
P Waves
Deformation

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