Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Quiz Review

Which type of wave arrives to a point first?

• Primary Waves (P-Waves)
• Secondary Waves (S-Waves)
• Rayleigh Waves
• Love Waves

Which classification of wave does the most damage?

• Body Waves
• Mega Waves
• Surface Waves
• Love Waves

Which body wave is pictured?

• P-Wave
• S-Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• Love Wave

We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes

• Seismographs
• magnitude
• actual magnitude
• sonograph

This is the type of plate boundary when two plates run into each other or on top of each other

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

Earthquakes release these which let us study what the Earth is made out of

• Tectonic Plates
• Seismic Waves
• Plateaus
• P Waves

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

• epicenter
• focus
• fault line
• tectonic plate

This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts

• focus
• epicenter
• p waves
• plate boundary

What is a weakness or crack/break in the lithosphere that can shift and create an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

• Body Waves
• P- Waves
• S- Waves
• Surface Waves