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Earthquakes

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
2.

What is the 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

3.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

Millions of people jumping at once

b)

The earth rotating

c)

The movement of plate tectonics

d)

Gravity

4.

Boundary between two plates moving toward each other

a)

Transform fault boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Strike-slip fault

5.

Boundary between two plates that are sliding past one another

a)

Transform fault boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Reverse fault

6.

Boundary between two plates that are moving apart

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Transform fault boundary

c)

Sideways boundary

d)

Divergent boundary

7.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
b)
Apart, Together, Slide
c)
Slide, Pull away, Push together
8.

All of the following cause breaks in the Earth's crust EXCEPT (select all the correct ones)

a)

plates sliding against one another.

b)

plates crashing together.

c)

plates spreading apart.

d)

plates changing shapes.

9.

What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

a)

Fujita scale

b)

Richter scale

c)

Damage scale

d)

NASA scale

10.

The Richter scale measures: (click on the image)

a)

the amount of radon gas released

b)

the movement of plates

c)

the strength of an earthquake

d)

the weight of tectonic plates

11.

Where and when did the largest recorded earthquake take place? (click on the image and take your time to carefully look at it)

a)

2010 in Haiti

b)

2011 in Japan

c)

2011 in Chile

d)

1960 in Chile

12.

How many major earthquakes, of magnitude 7, happen every year? (take your time to carefully look at the image)

a)

1

b)

18

c)

120

d)

100,000

13.

On the map, each dot marks the locations of a magnitude 4 or larger earthquake in 5 years. Click on the image. After carefully looking at it, select the places where earthquakes happen often

a)

South East Asia

b)

São Paulo

c)

The Andes (in South America)

d)

Middle-East

e)

Africa

14.

Click on the image, take your time to analyze it, then chose the option that best completes the sentence: "Earthquakes occur when plates move under, over, or slide past each other. As you can see on the map, most earthquakes occur _______ the edges of the large plates that make up Earth’s crust."

a)

along

b)

far away from