Regents Earthquakes

Why do so many earthquakes and volcanos happen along plate boundaries?

• bad weather in these areas

• coincidence

• plates move and shift

• none of these

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What do you call a tool used to measure the size of an earthquake?

• earthquake monitor

• Richter Scale

• scale

• seismograph

What do the lines on this map represent?

• volcanoes

• easrthquakes

• plate boundaries

• travel routes

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Which of these natural disasters happen on these plate boundaries?

• earthquakes

• volcanos

• both of these

• none of these

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What causes tsunamis?

• wind

• whales

• earthquakes

• thunderstorms

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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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Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• None of the above.

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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 causes earthquakes?

• Millions of people jumping at once

• The earth rotating

• The movement of plate tectonics

• Gravity

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