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WorksheetsEarthquakes - Haiti
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
What are plates that move apart from each other called?
Destructive plate boundary
Constructive plate boundary
Conservative plate boundary
What happens when plates get stuck?
Vibrations
Heat up
Pressure builds up
What scales do we measure earthquakes on?
Mercalli Scale
Safir-Simpson Scale
Hydrograph
Richter Scale
What type of plate margin did the earthquake in Haiti occur on?
(a)
Identify the magnitude of the Haitian earthquake.
4.0
7.0
0.5
9.0
How many people died as a result of the earthquake in Haiti?
220,000
100,000
316,000
250,000
Which two plates did the earthquake in Haiti occur between?
North American plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
Caribbean Plate
When did the earthquake in Haiti happen?
13 January 2010
12 January 2010
12 January 2015
13 January 2015
How many people were made homeless by the earthquake in Haiti?
220,000
1 million
100,000
1.3 million
Why was there no buildings left standing after the earthquake in Haiti?
Lack of building regulations
Buildings were poorly built
Washed away by a flood
Made of cheap materials
How many shockwaves were felt in the two weeks after the main earthquake?
17
25
52
43
Is Haiti an LIC, a NEE or a HIC?
(a)
What are seismic waves?
A way of measuring earthquakes
Waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers
Where the earthquake originally occurs from
Where the maximum intensity of the earthquake is felt
What is the name for the place an earthquake originally occurs from inside the Earth?
(a)
Where two plates meet is called?
Fault line
Tectonic line
Hazard line
Plate boundary
Identify the definition of an epicentre
Area on the Earth's surface directly about the focus where the maximum effects of an earthquake are felt.
Area deep inside the earth where the earthquake originally occurs.
a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a larger earthquake
When plates slide past each other in the opposite or the same direction at different speeds.
