Pre-Test : Earthquake Hazard

What do you call to the ground surface that sinks or settles due to an earthquake?

• ground shaking

• liquefaction

• Rupture

• submerging

Which of the following is not a secondary effect of an earthquake?

• fire

• landslide

• surface rupture

• tsunami

If you were to buy a house, where would you prefer to build it?

• A brick building in an area underlain artificial till

• A brick building in an area beneath granite

• A brick structure in an area underlain by sand and silt sediments

• All the choices above are equally good locations.

Earth’s external heat engine is driven by what source of energy?

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

• Sun

Massive soil erosion from a hill or mountain is called ________________.

• landslide

• liquefaction

• subsidence

• tsunami