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WorksheetsC19: Earthquakes
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 2hrs 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
2.
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
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.
Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
6.
Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
7.
What is another term for P Wave?
a)
Compression Wave
b)
Principal Wave
c)
Shear Wave
d)
Secondary Wave
8.
P Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
9.
S Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
10.
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
11.
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Magnitude
d)
Seismogram
12.
Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
13.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
14.
What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
15.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
16.
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
17.
What is an area along a seismically active fault where no earthquake activity has occurred over a long period of time?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
18.
Which of the following will help predict the site of future earthquakes?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
19.
Where is the Ring of Fire located?
a)
around the Atlantic Ocean
b)
around the Pacific Ocean
c)
around the North Pole
d)
around the South Pole
20.
What tectonic process is associated with the Ring of Fire?
a)
convection currents
b)
subduction
c)
sea floor spreading
d)
earthquakes
21.
Which of the following is a hazard NOT associated with earthquakes?
a)
building and structure collapse
b)
pyroclastic flows
c)
fires
d)
tsunamis
22.
What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
1 billion
23.
How do scientists find the epicenter of an earthquake?
a)
by comparing arrival times of P waves and S waves at several seismograph stations
b)
by digging at several locations and comparing data
c)
by comparing departure times of P waves and S waves at several seismograph stations
d)
by reviewing satellite photos of tsunamis
24.
Volcanoes that are due to hotspot activity and volcanoes that are due to subduction are both formed
a)
by tectonic plate movements
b)
at plate boundaries
c)
at mid-ocean spreading centers
d)
by magma with low viscosity
25.
At the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, plates are moving
a)
away from each other
b)
towards each other
c)
beneath each other
d)
along side each other
26.
________________ are Earth's internal energy source driving plate tectonics
a)
rivers
b)
earthquakes
c)
convection currents
d)
ocean currents
27.
The innermost layer of the earth, its core, is _______.
a)
The thickest layer
b)
Made of nickel and iron
c)
Solid
d)
All of the above
28.
Earthquake waves that travel slowest and do the most damage are called
a)
L-waves
b)
S-waves
c)
P-waves
d)
Tsunami waves
29.
What is the theory that the Earth's continents move?
a)
mantle
b)
continental drift
c)
cinder cone
d)
fault
30.
Which sphere of the Earth contains all of Earth's water.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Biosphere
31.
Which sphere of Earth contains rocks and stones, including all the mountains and land we can see?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
32.
Which sphere is made up of all the gases that surround Earth?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
33.
Which sphere supports living things?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
34.
What does the prefix -hydro mean?
a)
air, vapor
b)
rock and stone
c)
water
35.
What does the prefix -litho mean.
a)
land
b)
water
c)
living
d)
rock and stone
36.
What is the name of the Super-Continent that existed long ago?
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Geocontinent
37.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
38.
Inner core
a)
Thick layer of slow moving rock
b)
Thin, rocky layer
c)
Layer of Solid Metal
d)
Layer of flowing liquid metal
39.
Outer Core
a)
Thick layer of slow moving rock
b)
Thin, rocky layer
c)
Layer of solid metal
d)
Layer of flowing, liquid metal
40.
Mantle
a)
Layer of flowing liquid metal
b)
Layer of solid metal
c)
Thin, rocky layer
d)
Layer of slow moving rock
41.
Crust
a)
Thin, rocky layer
b)
Layer of slow moving rock
c)
Layer of solid metal
d)
Layer of liquid flowing metal
42.
The oceanic crust is comprised of _________.
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Shale
d)
Coquina
43.
Basalt is ________ dense than Granite.
a)
More
b)
Less
c)
The same density
44.
The least dense rocks are found in _________.
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Continental Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Core
45.
Seismology is the study of
a)
Faults
b)
Deformation
c)
the Ring of Fire
d)
Earthquakes
46.
The type of deformation that can hold potential energy is called
a)
Fantastic
b)
Elastic
c)
Plastic
d)
Realistic
47.
Waves of energy that travel through the Earth are called....
a)
Elastic Waves
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Deforming waves
d)
Fault waves
48.
The type of wave that moves the ground up and down... is called..
a)
Surface
b)
Primary
c)
Secondary
d)
Both P and S waves do this
49.
Which of the following is true about P waves? (More than once answer is correct).
a)
They are the fastest
b)
They are often called pressure waves.
c)
They can travel through solids, liquids, and gasses.
d)
They are a side to side or back and forth motion.
50.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about S Waves?
a)
They are faster than surface waves.
b)
They can travel through all states of matter
c)
They shear rock back and forth or side to side.
d)
They can be used to located epicenters.
51.
Which of the following is true about the S-P Time Method? More than one answer is correct.
a)
It requires information from 3 seismograph stations
b)
It requires drawing triangles.
c)
It helps locate an epicenter.
d)
It uses the time between the S and P waves to find distance to epicenter.
52.
The tracing of an earthquakes motion from a seismograph is called...
a)
Seismogram
b)
Telegram
c)
Candygram
d)
Singogram
53.
Which is NOT True about the triangulation picture?
a)
Station 3 is closest to the epicenter
b)
The epicenter is where all three circles intersect.
c)
The Earthquake was the same Magnitude at all stations
d)
Station 2 is the furthest from the epicenter
54.
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale?
a)
1 time bigger
b)
10 times bigger
c)
100 times bigger
d)
1000 times bigger
55.
Which wave can only go through solids?
a)
P
b)
S
c)
Surface
d)
Normal
56.
This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California
a)
New Madrid
b)
Denali Fault
c)
Ramapo Seismic Zone
d)
San Andreas
57.
Here is a picture of a seismogram. Which seismic wave reaches the station first?
a)
P Wave
b)
S Wave
c)
H Wave
d)
L Wave
58.
Look at the picture. What is the location called where all three circles intersect?
a)
focus
b)
earthquake
c)
epicenter
d)
seismograph
59.
Scientists locate the epicenter of an earthquake by using the ___ of the P and S waves.
a)
combination of arrival times
b)
speed
c)
direction
d)
difference in arrival times
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