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What is the main cause of an earthquake?

• Movements in Earth's outermost layer

• Liquid outer core

• Hot temperature of the mantle

• Solid inner core

What is the region called that is made up of the solid crust and top layer of the mantle?

• Lithosphere

• Tectonic plates

• Epicenter

• Fault line

What are the giant puzzle pieces called that make up the lithosphere?

• Vibrations

• Stresses

• Cracks

• Tectonic plates

What is the location called where an earthquake begins?

• Epicenter

• Lithosphere

• Tectonic plates

• Fault line

Where is the most intense shaking of an earthquake often felt?

• Near the epicenter

• At the fault line

• Hundreds of miles away

• Thousands of miles away

What is the layer of the Earth that is made up of the solid crust and upper mantle?

• Lithosphere

• Seismic waves

• Epicenter

• Fault line

What is the primary reason for the occurrence of an earthquake?

• Movements in Earth's outermost layer

• Convection currents

• Hot temperature of the mantle

• Solid inner core

What are the large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere called?

• Seismic waves

• Stresses

• Cracks

• Tectonic plates

What are the massive sections of the Earth's crust known as?

• Seismic waves

• Stresses

• Cracks

• Plates

What is the term for the region where an earthquake originates?

• Seismic zone

• Lithosphere

• Tectonic boundary

• Epicenter