Earthquakes and Faults

Earthquakes and Faults

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Earthquakes and Faults

Earthquakes and Faults

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

10th Grade

Hard

Created by

John Robinson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

tornadoes

tsunamis

lightening

hailstorms

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

Countries

Tetonic Plates

Climate Zones

None of the above.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This earthquake is......?

Convergent

Transform

Divergent

Rift Zone

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which city is closest to the epicenter?  

A

B

C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Epicenter

Focus

Fault

Plate

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

Body Waves

P Waves

S Waves

Surface Waves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

Epicenter

Fault

microscope

Seismograph

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