WorksheetsBill Nye - Earthquakes
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Earthquakes occur only once or twice a year.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The Earth’s surface is very rigid.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Earth’s surface floats on molten rock.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Tectonic plates are very small.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Oceans float on tectonic plates.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Volcanoes and mountains are formed when tectonic plates are moving apart.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
In most earthquakes, faults are vertical.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which of the following describes the direction in which the Earth’s plates can move?
a)
They can move to the right.
b)
They can move to the left.
c)
They can move up and down.
d)
All of the Above
9.
Which of the following conditions is involved in producing earthquakes?
a)
Plate movement forms faults
b)
Faults store energy
c)
Plates release energy as they slide against each other.
d)
All of the Above
10.
If Earthquake X measured 1 and Earthquake Y measured 3 on the Richter scale, then
a)
Earthquake Y had three times the ground motion of Earthquake X.
b)
Earthquake Y had ten times the ground motion of Earthquake X.
c)
Earthquake Y had 100 times the ground motion of Earthquake X.
d)
None of the above
11.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
12.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph
13.
The Richter scale measures:
a)
the amount of radon gas released
b)
the movement of plates
c)
the strength of an earthquake
d)
the weight of tectonic plates
14.
What is an epicenter?
a)
Where an earthquake started
b)
The surface right above where an earthquake started
c)
Tectonic plates
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