Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

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

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

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
• Seismogram
• Seismograph

What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• outer core

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

A break in the lithosphere along which movement has occurred is a(n)

• fault
• earthquake
• epicenter
• volcano

Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.

• True
• False

This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins

• epicenter
• focus
• fault line
• tectonic plate