Review #9

What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred? (This is the cause of an earthquake)

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Focus

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

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

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

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

• P Wave

• Long Wave

• S Wave

• Shear Wave

P Waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

S Waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

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

A large ocean wave caused by an earthquake.

• L-wave

• Tsunami

• epicenter

• Hurricane