Earthquakes 11 VCE

Which of these is not a way of 'earthquake 'proofing' a building?

• dampeners

• flexible foundations

• inflexible materials

• counter-weights

The place underground where an earthquake begins is called the _____

The place on the earth's surface where an earthquake is felt the strongest is called the __________.

• hypocenter

• epicentre

• alphacentre

• omnicentre

The level of ground shaking experienced in an earthquake is known as it's _________

• force

• strength

• magnitude

• intensity

_________ is the total amount of energy released during an earthquake.

The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale uses _______, to grade the intensity of a quake

• Roman Numerals I to X

• Letters A to J

• Numbers 1 to 100

• Greek Alphabet Alpha to Kappa

Two of the strongest quakes ever felt, were in which country?

The 'Ring of Fire' surrounds which tectonic plate?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Eurasian

• Indo-Australian

Move the arrows onto the diagram to show the direction of movement of the two plates

a

b

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FOUR reasons that the Turkiye-Syrian earthquake was more devastating than the Taiwanese earthquake were that, the earthquake had a (a)   , it occurred at an earlier ​ (b)   Syria has a ​ (c)   and the buildings were built from​ (d)   ​ .

• higher magnitude
• time of day
• low GDP per capita
• inferior building materials
• religion
• water supply
• superior building materials
• lower magnitude
• upcoming elections
• the price of cattle