R7-3 Surviving Earthquakes

A large movement causes a violent earthquake, and a small movement causes a mild one.

• powerful
• long
• deadly
• weak

After an earthquake happens, people can die from a lack of food and water.

• not enough
• contaminated
• too much
• awful

It is still very difficult to accurately predict when earthquakes will happen.

• cheaply
• precisely
• repeatedly
• quickly

Today, scientists know something about the causes of earthquakes.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Most earthquakes cause a lot of property damage.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

More than half of the world’s earthquakes are too small to cause serious damage.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

More people are killed by huge sea waves than by falling buildings.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Seismologists can measure the size of seismic waves.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Removing water from the ground causes earthquakes.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION

Some people try to predict earthquakes by studying the weather.

• True
• FALSE
• NO INFORMATION