Earthquake Risks

Looking at the figure that shows world-wide earthquake distribution, the white lines represent plate boundaries. Which statement is true?

• Deep earthquakes are more common than shallow earthquakes.

• Shallow earthquakes are more common than deep earthquakes.

• Shallow earthquakes and deep earthquakes are equally common.

• Shallow earthquakes do not occur along plate boundaries, but deep earthquakes do.

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What causes earthquakes?

• Melting of glaciers

• Movement of Earth's plates

• Volcanic eruptions

• Strong winds

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What type of fault is the San Andreas in California?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Optimus Prime

• Divergent

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What does a seismograph measure?

• The amount of oil and gas underground.

• The amount of damage an earthquake causes.

• The temperature of the earth's core.

• The amount of shaking of the crust.

Earthquakes are caused by the forces of ___________ movement.

• Water

• gravitational

• plate

• forest

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This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas

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Pancaking is

• the collapse of a building during an earthquake

• breakfast on a Sunday morning

• the trapping of cars on a freeway during an earthquake

• the collapse of soil layers during an earthquake

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How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 6 quake on the Richter Scale?

• 2 times bigger

• 20 times bigger

• 48 times bigger

• 100 times bigger

What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of quicksand?

• Aftershock

• Liquefaction

• Seismic Gap

• Tsunami

an instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake

• seismology

• seismologist

• seismogram

• seismograph