Earthquake Causes and Effects

Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Franco

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

Earthquakes can be caused by what events? Select all that apply

• Stress released at plate boundaries

• Volcanic Activity

• Mine blasts

• Nuclear bombs

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What are the waves released by an earthquake called?

• Gnarly waves bro

• seismic waves

• sizeable waves

• earth shakeys

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If we said an earthquake was a 5.0, what are we talking about?

• The location of the earthquake

• The damage done by an earthquake

• The magnitude or strength of an earthquake

• It was a fun one, lets ride it again!

Earthquakes can trigger what activity? Select two

• Landslides

• Rainstorms

• Windstorms

• Tsumnamis

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A major earthquake must be higher than what on the Richter scale?

• 6

• 7

• 1

• 4

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What kind of scientists studies earthquakes and earth movements?

• Biologist

• Seismologist

• Astronomer

• Chemist

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Where do earthquakes most often occur?

• far away from the fault

• at or near a fault

• in the ocean

• in the mountains

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The point where the earthquake eruption starts is called the

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Core

• Hot spot

The Richter scale measures earthquakes and the scale varies from which numbers?

• 10-100

• 1-5

• 1-9

• 0-5