WorksheetsEarthquakes
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an easy question: Earthquakes are destructive
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Where do earthquakes accore
a)
Japan
b)
Indonesia
c)
America
d)
Iceland
3.
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
4.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
5.
What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Nothing
c)
Movement
6.
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
7.
Which type of wave is shown in the picture?
a)
Princess Wave
b)
Primary Wave
c)
Secondary Wave
d)
Love Wave
8.
Fault block mountains are created when a string of what occurs?
a)
normal faults
b)
reverse faults
c)
strike-slip faults
d)
folds
9.
Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
folding
10.
Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called
a)
deformation
b)
tension
c)
compression
d)
shearing
11.
Tension causes what type of fault to form?
a)
folds
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike slip fault
d)
normal fault
12.
What type of fault is shown in this picture?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike slip
d)
tension
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