Unit 8 Natural Hazards Earthquakes Quiz

What process occurs when water-saturated soil or sand temporarily loses its strength and behaves like a flowing material due to intense vibrations from an earthquake?

• elastic rebound

• tsunami

• liquefaction
• deformation

Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?

• Richter scale
• Moment Magnitude scale

• Mercalli scale
• Kelvin scale

Which type of seismic waves cause the most damage?

• P waves
• S waves
• surface waves
• tsunami waves

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Which type of stress happens along transform boundaries?

• Tension

• Compression

• Shear Stress

• Normal

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake's epicenter?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Earthquakes that occur under water, especially near subduction zones, can cause what secondary hazard which can be devastating to coastal towns and cities?

• hurricanes

• tsunamis
• tides

• landslides

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A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph usually on a large sheet of paper:

• Seimogram 
• Seismic Wave

• Seismometer

• Seismochart

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95% of all earthquakes happen:

• Along the edges on continents

• Along plate boundaries

• Near a volcano

• Away from plate boundaries or in the middle of tectonic plates

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Which seismogram represents a city that is the furthest away from the epicenter of an earthquake?

• New York, NY

• Nome, Alaska

• Guadalajara, Mexico

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Which TWO of these strategies might be used to keep people safe from Earthquakes?

• Telling people to evacuate during the days before an earthquake.

• Designing buildings that can handle the shaking of the ground.

• Enacting building codes that are impossible to enforce.

• Limiting where buildings can be constructed and what materials can be used.

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