Earthquake Quiz

What is an earthquake?

• Natural vibrations of the Sun.

• Natural vibrations of the ground.

• Natural vibrations of the moon.

• Natural vibrations of the Richter Scale.

What are the (3) kinds of stress?

• Comp

  Tension

  Shade

• Compression

  Tear

  Shension

• Shear

  Tear

  Compression

• Compression

  Tension

  Shear

What are the (3) kinds of seismic waves earthquakes generate?

• P-Waves

  S-Waves

  Surface Waves

• Waves

  S-Waves

  Surface Tension Waves

• P-Waves

  Surface Waves

• P-Waves

  Earth Waves

  Surface Waves

What scale is used to measure Earthquake Magnitude?

• Earthquake Meter

• Seismic Meter

• Earthquake Intensity Scale

• Richter Scale

      5. What does the Mercalli scale measure? 

• Rates the types of damage.

• Rates the types of effects after its occurrence.

• Rates the types of damage and other effects during and after its occurrence.

Which type of stress?

Decreases the volume of a material (squishes it)

• Compromise

• Compression

• Shear

• Tension

Which type of stress:

Pulls a material apart

• Tension

• Tear

• Shear

• Compression

Which stress type causes a material to twist?

• Compression

• Tension

• Compromise

• Shear

Which wave type causes rock particles to move at right angles to the direction of the wave?

• Secondary Waves

• Seismic Wave

• P Waves

• Surface Waves

Which wave causes rock particles to move both up and down and side to side.

• Primary Waves

• P Waves

• Secondary Waves

• Surface Waves