
Earthquake-INTENSITY VS MAGNITUDE
Authored by Bunchie Rose
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7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does magnitude measure?
The effects on people and structures
The energy released at the source of an earthquake
The distance to the epicenter
The duration of ground shaking
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does intensity measure?
The size of seismic waves on a seismogram
The energy released during an earthquake
The strength of shaking at a specific location
The depth of the earthquake's hypocenter
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who developed the magnitude scale for measuring earthquakes?
Charles Darwin
Charles Richter
Chang Heng
Alfred Wegener
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two factors are used to calculate Richter magnitude?
Time and distance to the epicenter
Maximum amplitude and distance to the epicenter
Intensity and shaking duration
Ground displacement and frequency
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which tool records the motion of the ground during an earthquake?
Seismometer
Seismogram
Seismograph
Seismoscope
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The earliest earthquake-recording device, invented in A.D. 132, was called:
Seismograph
Seismometer
Seismoscope
Richter scale
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is recorded on a seismogram?
Ground displacement over time
The magnitude of an earthquake
The intensity of shaking
The depth of the hypocenter
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