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Causes, and Effects of earthquakes

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do earthquakes happen?

a)

When two tectonic plates break and the ground shakes because of it.

b)

When a rock underground breaks along a fault and suddenly releases energy.

c)

All of the above!

d)

When rocks underground shake.

2.

What are some effects of earthquakes

a)

Highways fall

b)

Bridges collapse

c)

All of the above

d)

windows shater

3.

Do smaller houses fall easier than little ones?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

3 things that happen when an earthquake happens?

a)

fires,earthquakes,tornadoes

b)

gas lines break, the world falls apart

c)

fires happen, people lose their money and houses, buildings can fall

d)

we fall of of earth

5.

how many earthquakes happened in 2019?

a)

285

b)

100

c)

1,000

d)

234

6.

how many people died from earthquakes since 1900?

a)

2.00 billion

b)

2.30 million

c)

2.32 million

d)

236,897

7.

What are some names for earthquakes?

a)

earth tremor

b)

tremor

c)

microseism

d)

all of the above

8.

When broken gas and electric lines fall down what happens.

a)

bomb

b)

fire

c)

explosion

d)

lighting

9.

Are their more than one type of earthquakes?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Is there such thing as a volcanic earthquake?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

What year was the worse earthquake?

a)

1999

b)

2011

c)

1823

d)

1960

12.

Did the earthquake in haiti kill 319,000 people?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

How many people died in the earthquake in Indonesia?

a)

100,000

b)

227,898

c)

200,000

d)

400,912