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WorksheetsEarthquake Voc
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A powerful seismic sea wave that can travel thousands of kilometers in all directions and that begins over an earthquake focus
a)
tsunami
b)
Pangaea
c)
tephra
d)
crust
2.
A device used by seismologists to record primary, secondary, and surface waves from earthquakes
a)
seismic wave
b)
tephra
c)
seismograph
d)
seismologist
3.
Energy waves that are produced at and travel outward from the earthquake focus
a)
seismologist
b)
primary wave
c)
seismic wave
d)
seismograph
4.
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus.
a)
Crater
b)
Vent
c)
Plate
d)
Epicenter
5.
A wave that travels outward from an earthquake's focus and move through Earth by causing particles in rocks to vibrate at right angles to the direction of the wave.
a)
primary wave
b)
seismic wave
c)
secondary wave
d)
surface waves
6.
vibrations caused by breaking rocks along faults; most result form plates moving over, under, and past each other
a)
tephra
b)
mantle
c)
earthquake
d)
magnitude
7.
in an earthquake, the point beneath Earth's surface where energy release occurs
a)
focus
b)
crust
c)
fault
d)
vent
8.
A wave that travels outward from an earthquake's focus and causes particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving.
a)
surface wave
b)
secondary waves
c)
seismic waves
d)
primary wave
9.
A scientist who studies earthquakes and seismic waves.
a)
batholiths
b)
seismograph
c)
seismic wave
d)
seismologist
10.
Continental crust is composed of
a)
mantle
b)
crater
c)
granite
d)
plate
11.
The largest layer inside Earth, lying directly above the outer core and is made mostly of silicon, oxygen, magnesium, and iron.
a)
vent
b)
pangea
c)
fault
d)
mantle
12.
A hypothesis proposed by Alfred Wegener that states that continents have moved slowly to their current location on Earth.
a)
epicenter
b)
convection current
c)
normal fault
d)
continental drift
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