Mini Quiz: Earthquake Risks

Which feature is created by all 3 types of plate boundaries.

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Subduction Zones

• Volcanoes

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What type of fault is the San Andreas in California?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Optimus Prime

• Divergent

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Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

• Mercalli Intensity Scale

• Richter Magnitude Scale

• Seismogram Shakey Scale

• Bernoulli Scale

What does a seismograph measure?

• The amount of oil and gas underground.

• The amount of damage an earthquake causes.

• The temperature of the earth's core.

• The amount of shaking of the crust.

the location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released

• epicenter

• focus

• seismogram

• energy release center

a scientist who studies earthquakes

• seimology

• seismologist

• seismogram

• seismograph

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an instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake

• seismology

• seismologist

• seismogram

• seismograph

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the measure of damage done by an earthquake including its effect on people, structures, and the natural environment (measured by Modified Mercalli Scale)

• magnitude

• intensity

• greatness

• damage rate

the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake

• focus

• energy release center

• surface wave

• epicenter

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Earthquakes are caused by the forces of ___________ movement.

• Water

• gravitational

• plate

• forest

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