Earthquake Quiz

Which type of stress causes deformation that leads to earthquakes at convergent boundaries?

• tension

• rebound

• shear stress

• compression

The epicenter of an earthquake is directly above the ________________.

• fault

• focus

• volcano

• land

When rock is put under tremendous pressure and stress it can change shape in sive due to the stress.

• epicenter

• tension

• shear stress

• deformation

How does the distance from the epicenter of an earthquake change the earthquake's effects?

• The strongests effects are usually felt near the epicenter.

• The strongests effects are usually felt farthest from the epicenter.

• The strongests effects are usually felt in a line extending north and south from the epicenter.

• The strongests effects are usually felt in a ring surrounding the epicenter with a radius of several miles.

Earthquakes happen when rocks bend and snap back in a process called ________________.

• faulting

• elastic rebound

• deformation

• transformation

What occurs when blocks or rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy?

• tsunami

• volcano

• earthquake

• hurricane

Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?

• The rock in the interior of a tectonic plate is stronger, so it does not deform.

• Earthquakes take place where the motion of tectonic plates transfers energy to rock.

• Earthquakes can occur at places where magma can reach the surface and transfer energy to rocks.

• Earthquakes take place when one plate moves another plate, which happens ONLY at plate boundaries.

Identify the three types of plate boundaries.

• Convergent, deformation, transform

• Convergent, Tension, Divergent

• Compression, Convergent, Divergent

• Transform, Convergent, Transform

What causes a tsunami to occur?

• A typhoon

• a sudden violent windstorm above the ocean water

• an earthquake beneath the ocean

• th eimpact of a large meteorite in th eocean

What is the break in the body of rock along which one block slides relative to another called?

• fault

• focus

• epicenter

• earthquake