Earthquakes

Earthquakes

8th Grade

16 Qs

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an epicenter? 

Where an earthquake started
The surface right above where an earthquake started 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a fault?

A crack in a plate.
Where two plates move toward each other.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

P waves
S waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

seismogram
focus seismic map
focus
seismograph 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most earthquakes happen along the _________________. 

coast
faults
desert
directions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

tornadoes
tsunamis
lightening
hailstorms

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