Effects and Consequences of Earthquakes

What are some of the effects of earthquakes?

• Ground shaking, surface rupture, and tsunamis

• Only rainfall and drought

• Only volcanic eruptions

• Only tornadoes

In what ways do earthquakes cause damage indirectly (other than damage caused by the shaking)?

• By causing landslides and fires

• By increasing rainfall

• By causing snowstorms

• By making the weather colder

Which of these indirect effects are caused by shaking, and which are not?

• Landslides are caused by shaking; tsunamis are not

• Tsunamis are caused by shaking; landslides are not

• Both landslides and tsunamis are not caused by shaking

• Neither landslides nor tsunamis are related to earthquakes

What is a tsunami? What type of earthquake causes tsunamis?

• A large sea wave caused by underwater earthquakes

• A type of storm caused by wind

• A volcanic eruption under the sea

• A flood caused by heavy rain

What is liquefaction?

• The process where soil behaves like a liquid during an earthquake

• The melting of rocks due to high temperature

• The freezing of water in the ground

• The solidification of lava

Which of the following is one way an earthquake affects the Earth?

• Large cracks suddenly form in the ground.

• A big rock slowly moves across the land.

• Hills of sand form as the wind blows.

• A large amount of heat rises into the air.

Which city is closest to the epicenter?  

• A
• B
• C

Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.

• True

• False

The epicenter of the earthquake is located at letter

• A

• B

• (neither of these letters are the epicenter)

The focus of an earthquake is....

• the location under the ground where the rocks slipped to create the earthquake

• The city location above ground where the earthquake started.