4.1 Earthquakes- Review

What is a break in the rocks along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

Where is the point under the earth's surface at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

• P Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• S Wave
• Shear Wave

P Waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these

S Waves CANNOT move through which of the following? 

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismometer
• Seismograph

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram

Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale