Earthquakes

What are earthquakes?

• The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

• Masses of earth sliding down cliffs or mountains

• A rotating column of air causing mass destruction

• A gigantic wave

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What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started

• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

Where the earthquake begins on surface.

• epicenter

• joint

• fault

• focus

What causes earthquakes?

• Millions of people jumping at once

• The earth rotating

• The movement of plate tectonics

• Gravity

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What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

• Fujita scale

• Richter scale

• Damage scale

• NASA scale

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Can earthquakes be predicted

• Yes

• No

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Scientists who study earthquakes are called

• Seismologists

• Geologists

• Biologists

• Astronomer

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The crust is broken into many peices called ...

• plates

• ashes

• countries

• boundries

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An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram

• focus seismic map

• focus

• seismograph 

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• lightening

• hailstorms

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