Earthquake and Volcano Practice

The epicenter of an earthquake is

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs

• The seismic station closest to the earthquake

• The place where the greatest damage occurs

• The point on the surface directly above the focus

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released

• the movement of plates

• the strength of an earthquake

• the weight of tectonic plates

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

• P waves

• S waves

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram

• focus seismic map

• focus

• seismograph 

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• lightening

• hailstorms

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• None of the above.

What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started

• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

The most destructive type of wave is a

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Surface wave

• transverse wave

What is a tracing of an earthquake's motion that is created by a seismometer?

• Seismograph

• Seismogram

• Seismologist

• Elastic Rebound