Earthquake Engineering DQ 1 and DQ 2 Quiz

True or False: Energy from earthquakes is carried by waves.

• True
• False

True or false:

Whenever there is an earthquake you will always frond a volcano nearby.

• True

• False

True or False: Earthquakes happen every day.

• True
• False

True or false:

Earthquakes are spread out fairly evenly across the world.

• True

• False

True or false:

Earthquakes generally happen along tectonic boundaries.

• True

• False

What is an earthquake?

• An earthquake is the movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates making seismic waves.
• An earthquake is the eruption of molten rock from the inside of the Earth’s crust.
• An earthquake is the creation of new land formed by molten rock pushing through gaps in the Earth’s crust.
• An earthquake is a huge wave of water that can wash away whole cities.

Which pattern shows the smallest transfer of energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which pattern would you expect to see on a seismograph indicating the earthquake of greatest severity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Two students are testing out a seismometer app on their phone using a shaking table. They put the phone on the table and shake it backwards and forwards to create patterns on the phone screen. Which of the following patterns might they see?

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A student makes a wave pattern on the floor with a rope. She moves her arm from side to side the same distance while holding the rope. She creates a pattern with the rope like the one shown on the right. What should she do to reduce the amplitude of the waves?

• Slow down the movement of her arm from side to side.
• Increase the distance she moves her arm from side to side.
• Speed up the movement of her arm from side to side.
• Decrease the distance she moves her arm from side to side.