lessons 1-8 (EPT)

Earthquakes are monitored by what device?

• barometer
• seismograph
• radiometer
• compass

How are earthquakes measured?

• Richter Scale 
• Enhanced Fujita Scale
• Coriolis Effect
• H-R Diagram

Which seismic body wave travels fastest?

• Love Wave
• Raleigh Wave
• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave

Which two areas are more earthquake prone?

• The Ring of Fire and the Mid Atlantic Ridge
• The Ring of Fire and the Mid Pacific Ridge
• The Ring of Fire and the Mid Antarctic Ridge
• The Ring of Fire and the Mid Arctic Ridge

P waves travel faster than S waves

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which waves will reach a seismic station first?

• P waves

• S waves

• Both reach at the same time

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If the Earth did NOT have a liquid outer core, how would earthquake waves travel differently.

• P and S waves would both be absorbed.

• Only S waves would travel through the Earth's core.

• Shadow zones would not exist.

• S waves would travel faster than P waves.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram