Earthquake Quiz

What is the place within Earth where the first motion occurs during an earthquake?

• Seismic waves

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Tectonic plate boundary

What is the place on Earth’s surface above the focus of an earthquake called?

• Epicenter

• Tectonic plate boundary

• Seismic waves

• Focus

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• In the desert

• In the ocean

• Near a volcano

• Near a tectonic plate boundary

What causes an earthquake?

• Release of energy along a fault

• Volcanic eruption

• Tornado

• Heavy rainfall

What is the process by which rock changes shape called?

• Seismic waves

• Tectonic movement

• Deformation

• Elastic deformation

What is the energy released as that causes the ground to move during an earthquake?

• Tornado

• Volcanic eruption

• Seismic waves

• Heavy rainfall

What is the movement of tectonic plates that breaks Earth’s crust into a series of faults called?

• Deformation

• Elastic deformation

• Seismic waves

• Tectonic movement

What is the deformation in which rock can spring back to its original shape called?

• Elastic deformation

• Seismic waves

• Deformation

• Tectonic movement