WorksheetsEarthquakes & Tsunamis
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Focus
2.
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
3.
Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
4.
Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?
a)
P Wave
b)
Rayleigh Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Shear Wave
5.
What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismograph
6.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
7.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
8.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
9.
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
10.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
11.
What are the fastest body waves?
a)
P waves
b)
T waves
c)
S waves
d)
Q waves
12.
One seismograph station, by itself, can determine the
a)
direction of the epicenter
b)
location of the epicenter
c)
distance to the epicenter from the seismograph station
d)
location of the nearest Papa Johns
13.
Primary waves are ______________ waves, meaning they cause material to compress and expand.
a)
violent
b)
compression
c)
shear
d)
transverse
14.
Which wave arrives first to the seismic station?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S - Secondary
c)
Surface
15.
Which wave is the most destructive?
a)
P - Primary
b)
S - Secondary
c)
Surface Wave
16.
What is the name of the place within Earth where the Earthquake begins?
a)
Focus
b)
Epicenter
17.
What does the image represent?
a)
Triangulation
b)
Seismograph
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismic Wave
18.
What can cause a tsunami?
a)
earthquake
b)
underwater volcanoes
c)
landslides
d)
all of these
19.
How high can tsunami waves reach?
a)
10,000 feet
b)
100 meters
c)
100 feet
d)
all of these
20.
The trough is the...
a)
the peak of the tsunami
b)
low point of a tsunami
c)
the crest
d)
place where pigs eat
21.
The most devastating tsunami that killed the most people occurred in...
a)
2004- Indian Ocean
b)
2011 - Japan
c)
1960 - Chile
d)
79 - Pompeii
22.
All of the following are ways in which scientists try to predict tsunamis EXCEPT:
a)
Satellites that gather seismic data
b)
Sensors that detect sea level change
c)
sensors that record change in water pressure
d)
Sensor that detect change in air pressure
23.
The raising and lowering of the sea floor is what causes a tsunami.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
This is another cause of tsunamis.
a)
Landslides
b)
Cannonballs
c)
Geysers
d)
Hurricanes
25.
What year was the major tsunami that hit Japan?
a)
2015
b)
2014
c)
2012
d)
2011
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