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WorksheetsLesson Check - Quakes #1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Modified Mercalli scale a qualitative scale of earthquake strength
true
false
Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?
P waves
S waves
Surface Waves
Which is false about S-waves
They can not travel through liquids
They are slower than P-waves
They are transverse waves
They travel along the Earth's surface not through it
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 4 one on the Richter Scale?
2 times bigger
32 times bigger
100 times bigger
1,000 times bigger
10,000 times bigger
The Moment Magnitude Scale is a qualitative scale of earthquake strength
true
false
Which travels slowest, always being the last detected by seismic stations?
P waves
S waves
Surface Waves
True or False; The most common cause of Earthquakes is the sudden shift of tectonic plates
True
False
At a fault if one side sinks lower than the other we say that the side that has sunk has
undergone subsidence
undergone uplift
undergone folding
undergone divergence
Which is False about tsunamis?
usually caused by earthquakes or eruptions under the ocean
travel very slowly in deep water, at about your walking pace
can be as hight as 100 feet or more
tsunami is a Japanese word meaning 'harbor wave'
An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes is called (a) .
Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move only at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
Body Waves
P Waves
S Waves
Surface Waves
What is another term for P Wave?
Compression Wave
Principal Wave
Shear Wave
Secondary Wave
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
(a)
Choose one option which is not a cuase for the earthquake
Volcanic eruption
Tectonic plate movement
Tsunami
Which could not be an effect of an earthquake?
A 'seismic shadow' is created when detecting earthquakes from the opposite side of the Earth because
S-Waves can not pass through the Mantle
P-Waves not pass through the Mantle
S-Waves can not pass through the Outer core
P-Waves can not pass through the Outer Core
S-Waves can not pass through the Inner Core
What is this image of?
a focus
an epicenter
a fault
a hot spot
Which causes more damage?
S-waves
P-waves
