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Worksheetsscience earthquakes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5mins
What causes earthquakes?
Volcano's
Landslide
Movement of tectonic plates
What do the geologist use to judge the size of a earthquake? CHOOSE TWO answers.
Seismic shock waves
Subduction zone
Richter scale
All of the above
What did the earthquake on Mt. Saint Helens cause?
Volcano to explode
A crater on the mountain top
Landslide
All of the above
True or false, lithospheric plates some times move.
False
True
None of the above
How many people die from earthquakes a year?
5,000
7,000
10,000
True or false, Virginia has the fewest earthquakes.
True
False
None of the above
What natural disaster happens, when two plates slide past one another?
Earthquakes
Hurricanes
Tsunamis
True or false, Mt. Saint Helens was one of the biggest landslides in the world.
True
False
True or false, you feel every earthquake.
False
True
What do you do when a earthquake happens?
Scream HELP
Get outside
Get on the ground and under something
True or false, there are about half a million earthquakes a year.
False
True
What type of plate boundary causes a earthquake? Choose Two Answers.
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
What does the richer scale measure too?
1 to 5
1 to 4
1 to 10
1 to 7
How do you predict a earthquake?
Ground shifts
Plates move
None of the above
What is the worst ever earthquake recorded using the Richter Scale?
9.5
8.9
7.5
Out of the 500,000 earthquakes a year, how many can be felt?
7,000
100,000
78,000
Out of the 100,000 earthquakes that can be felt, how many cause damage?
500
700
100
Are landslides cause by earthquakes?
No that is to specific, caused by falling rocks
Yes, landslides are only caused by earthquakes
None of the above
True or false, earthquakes are natural disasters?
True
False
What is the Richter Scale?
A scale to measure the size of the earthquake
A scale to measure a volcano's magma chamber
A scale to measure the amount of destruction that is done
