Earthquake and Tsunami Quiz

What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction due to movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?

• Volcanic

• Earthquake

• Collapse

• Explosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth?

• Astronomy

• Seismology

• Geology

• Meteorology

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What is the point directly above the focus on the surface?

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter

• Fault line

• Magnitude

Energy waves that can be felt during an earthquake is called

• Seismic waves

• Boundary waves

• Focus waves

• P waves

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What kind of plate tectonic boundary where plates slip each other or known as strike-slip?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Boundary zone

• Transform fault boundary

What place where an earthquake originates?

• epicenter

• fault

• hypocenter

• surface

Which of the following is NOT a way to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

• moment Magnitude scale

• Richter scale

• Mercalli scale

• vector scale

What will occur when an earthquake happens underwater?

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When do earthquakes happen?

• once a year

• all the time

• every month

• it depends

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What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

• Seismogram

• Seismograph

• Seismology

• Seismologist