Earthquake Quiz

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

• Alien activity

• Global warming

• Movement of tectonic plates

• Volcanic eruptions

Which type of fault is responsible for most earthquakes?

• Underwater landslides

• Meteorite impacts

• Tectonic plate boundaries

• Volcanic eruptions

What is the name of the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

• Kelvin scale

• Richter scale

• Beaufort scale

• Fahrenheit scale

What is the name of the process where stress is released along a fault line, causing an earthquake?

• Erosion

• Faulting

• Tectonics

• Volcanism

What is the name of the seismic waves that travel through the Earth's interior and are the first to be recorded during an earthquake?

• T-waves

• Surface waves

• S-waves

• P-waves

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Collision boundary

What is the name of the process where an earthquake triggers a series of smaller earthquakes?

• Pre-shocks

• Secondary quakes

• Megaquakes

• Aftershocks

What is the name of the phenomenon where an earthquake causes the ground to shake and vibrate?

• ground shaking

• seismic activity

• tectonic movement

• earthly tremor

What is the name of the device used to detect and measure earthquakes?

• Barometer

• Seismometer

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

What is the name of the area on the Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's point of origin?

• Centerpoint

• Epicenter

• Originator

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