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WorksheetsScience - Earthquakes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?
a)
Collapse of Cavern
b)
Eruption of Volcano
c)
Lightning Strikes
d)
Moving Tectonic Plates
2.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
3.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
4.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
5.
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
6.
The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
7.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph
8.
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 earthquake on the Richter Scale?
a)
1 time bigger
b)
10 times bigger
c)
100 times bigger
d)
1000 times bigger
9.
The motion caused by earthquakes travels outward from the focus in the form of
a)
Electromagnetic waves
b)
Seismic waves
c)
Gravity waves
d)
Chemical energy
10.
How many pets does Chelsea have?
a)
two
b)
none
c)
Defiantly more than two
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