WorksheetsEarthquakes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Shaking Earth
c)
Volcano
2.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
3.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
4.
What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Nothing
c)
Movement
5.
What is the vocabulary word for the line where two tectonic plates move past each other?
a)
Plate Line
b)
Fault Line
c)
Puzzle Line
6.
What are the two types of earthquake waves?
a)
P and S waves
b)
Surface and Underground waves
c)
Fast and Slow waves
7.
The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...
a)
Epicenter
b)
Hypocenter (focus)
c)
Underground
d)
Crust
8.
The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...
a)
Epicenter
b)
Hypocenter (focus)
c)
Surface
d)
Crust
9.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
b)
Apart, Together, Slide
c)
Slide, Pull away, Push together
10.
What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?
a)
Seismograph
b)
Seisologist
c)
Scale
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