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WorksheetsEarthquake Quiz 3.1
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earthquakes that are closer to the earth's surface are more dangerous than the ones that occur deeper below the earth's surface.
a)
true
b)
false
2.
What are the fastest seismic waves?
a)
P waves
b)
T waves
c)
S waves
d)
Q waves
3.
Earthquakes generally occur at _____________, where stress is the greatest.
a)
the center of a plate
b)
the top of a mountain
c)
at big cities
d)
at plate boundaries
4.
How do scientists find the epicenter of an earthquake?
a)
by comparing arrival times of P waves and S waves at several seismograph stations
b)
by digging at several locations and comparing data
c)
by comparing departure times of P waves and S waves at several seismograph stations
d)
by reviewing satellite photos of tsunamis
5.
What is the epicenter of an earthquake
a)
the location along a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs
b)
a seismic wave tht travels along the surface of Earth
c)
the point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus
d)
the last place that motion in an earthquake is detected
6.
At what location does the first motion of an earthquake occur
a)
the focus
b)
the seismic gap
c)
the mantle
d)
the epicenter
7.
Which wave can only go through solids?
a)
P
b)
S
c)
Surface
d)
Normal
8.
Which wave is transverse (moves perpendicular to the motion at right angles)?
a)
P
b)
S
c)
Surface
d)
Normal
9.
Which wave is the most destructive?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S - Secondary
c)
Surface Wave
d)
Normal
10.
Which wave arrives second to the seismic station?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S- Secondary
c)
Surface
d)
N-Normal
11.
Which wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases?
a)
P
b)
S
c)
Surface
d)
Seismic
12.
Which type of fault results from pushing?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike Slip
d)
Transform
13.
Which type of fault results from pulling?
a)
Reverse
b)
Strike Slip
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
14.
Define Epicenter
a)
the point on Earth's crust that is directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus
b)
Transform boundary
c)
the point underneath the earth's surface, where the earthquake first starts
d)
the point where volcanoes start
15.
Epicenter
a)
Focus
b)
An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
c)
The point on the the earth's surface directly ABOVE an earthquakes starting point of focus.
d)
Seismology.
16.
Seismic Wave
a)
Hernandez
b)
Deformation
c)
A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions.
d)
The beginning point of an earthquake, where the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
17.
Also known as shear or secondary wave; a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to- side direction.
a)
P-wave
b)
Seismic wave
c)
Focus
d)
S-wave
18.
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its original shape.
a)
S-wave
b)
P-wave
c)
Epicenter
d)
Elastic Rebound
19.
P-wave
a)
The center of a earthquake.
b)
Also know as shear or secondary wave.
c)
Always the first to arrive; seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in back-and-forth direction
d)
Hilbert
20.
The bending, tilting ,and breaking of the Earth's crust ;the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.
a)
P-wave
b)
Deformation
c)
Seismograph
d)
Seismogram
21.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Strike-slip
b)
Normal
c)
Reverse
22.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-slip
23.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-slip
24.
P waves and S waves are both types of ___ waves.
a)
Body
b)
Surface
c)
Hand
25.
Love and Rayleigh are both types of ___ waves
a)
Body
b)
Surface
c)
Water
26.
What type of stress would be seen at a convergent boundary?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shear
27.
What will happen to rocks during plastic deformation?
a)
They will return to their original shape.
b)
They will fold and not go back to their original shape.
c)
They will fracture.
d)
They will break.
28.
Which of the following scales is preferred by seismologists today?
a)
Richter scale
b)
Moment Magnitude scale
c)
Modified Mercalli scale
d)
Farenheit scale
29.
P waves travel ___ to the material through which they travel
a)
parallel
b)
perpendicular
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