Earthquakes

The point on the Earth's surface where an Earthquake is located is called?

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Seismic

• Tsunami

What do scientists call the boundary between two tectonic plates?

• Vaults

• Crusts

• Mantles

• Faults

The fastest traveling seismic waves are p-waves. What type of wave is a p-wave?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Secondary wave

• Tertiary wave

Transverse seismic waves are know as what?

• P-waves

• S-waves

• Slow waves

• Fast waves

Two tectonic plates moving away from each other is called...

• Conservative plate boundary

• Collision plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

The plate fault which can form mountain ranges is called

• Conservative plate boundary

• Collision plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

Build up of pressure suddenly being released on this plate boundary is a common cause of earthquakes.

• Conservative plate boundary

• Collision plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

When a high density oceanic plate meets a continental plate.

• Conservative plate boundary

• Collision plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

Earthquakes are detected using

• Richtermeter

• Waveometer

• earthquakemeter

• Seismometer

S-waves cannot travel through what?

• Outer core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Earth's Surface