Nat Geo 101: Earthquakes (Wk 6)

Earthquakes have been recorded on all 7 continents

• True

• False

Earthquakes happen because of...

• stress in the mountains

• global warming

• pressure beneath the earth's crust

• ISB

Human activity can cause earthquakes

• False

• True

What are the plates in the Earth's crust called?

• Expensive plates

• Delicious plates

• Tetrohonic plates

• Tectonic plates

What is a machine that can record earthquakes?

• Cimpragroph

• Seismograph

• Seize my graph

• Playstation 4

On the Moment Magnitude Scale, each level is __________ than the one before it

• 2x

• 10x

• 100x

• 1000x

The largest recorded earthquake happened in....

• China

• Chile

• Vietnam

• Colombia

The largest recorded earthquake happened in...

• 1916

• 1950

• 1960

• 1987

If an earthquake happens underwater, it causes a

• Headache

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Tsunami

Buildings that sway are more resistant to earthquakes

• True

• False