Earthquakes - key terms

"Erdbeben" is .... in English.

• aerthquake

• earthqake

• earthquake

• earsquake

The tremors of the earthquake a triggered at the _______ ______ .

An earthquake scoring 7-8 on the Richter scale leads furniture sliding and only slight damage to houses.

• False

• True

• -

• -

Tectonic plates moving along each other in different directions cause earthquakes because ...

• tension becomes to great and is discharged

• one plate slides under the other plate.

• the seismic focus moves.

The strongest shaking occurs on the Earth's surface at the _______ .

Die Gesteinsschicht heißt im Englischen:

• litosphere

• lithosphäre

• lithosphere

• lithofere