General Knowledge Quiz

What is the term used to measure the strength of an earthquake?

• Epicenter

• Richter scale

• Tsunami

• Seismic stations

What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake called?

• Epicenter

• Backwash

• Aquifer

• Magnitude

What is a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption?

• Backwash

• Tsunami

• Rupture

• Attol

What is the term for the return flow of water after a wave breaks on the shore?

• Backwash

• Rupture

• Gauge

• Degradation

What is the term for a person who works with elephants?

• Mahout

• Guerrilla

• Antibiotic

• Attol

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the term for an instrument used to measure or test something?

• Gauge

• Seismic stations

• Epicenter

• Magnitude

What is the term for the original inhabitants of a region?

• Aboriginal

• Guerrilla

• Antibiotic

• Attol

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the term for a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater?

• Aquifer

• Epicenter

• Tsunami

• Backwash

What is the term for causing someone to experience severe emotional shock?

• Traumatize

• Degradation

• Rupture

• Magnitude

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets?

• Attol

• Tsunami

• Backwash

• Seismic stations