Earthquake Revision Quiz

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• Cities

This tectonic plate movement is called......?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

This tectonic plate movement is......?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?

• It probably happened in an area with no people.

• It was a fast earthquake.

• It damaged a lot of buildings.

• It is impossible to know.

What is the beginning point of an earthquake?

• focus

• epicenter

• tsunami

• lithosphere

What is a scientist who studies the movement of the earth called?

• tsunami

• magnitude

• seismologist

• focus

What are the vibrations of energy flowing from the focus?

• epicenter

• tsunami

• focus

• seismic waves

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

• tsunami

• seismic wave

• epicenter

• focus

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

• epicenter

• magnitude

• tsunami

• focus

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by an instrument called

• a digital scale

• a seismogram

• a seismograph

• kilogram