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WorksheetsEarthquakes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where do earthquakes happen?
Along plate boundaries
Near mountains
When there are aftershocks
Near the ocean
What is the place called where an earthquake starts. (Inside the earth's crust)?
convergent plates
epicentre
hypocentre (focus)
divergent plates
What is the place called where an earthquake hits the earth's surface.
tsunami
aftershocks
hypocentre (focu)
epicentre
What can an earthquake underwater create?
Tsunami
Volcano
Hurricane
Tornado
What are weaker earthquakes called that happen after the main earthquake?
tsunamis
aftershocks
aftershakes
plate boundaries
What are the waves of energy called that an earthquake creates?
tsunami waves
quake waves
shock waves
seismic waves
What instrument is used to measure the shaking of the earth's surface?
seismometer
richter scale
plate tectonic scale
magnitudemometer
What instrument measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1 - 10?
seismograph
seismometer
richter scale
True or False...Earthquakes happen everyday, but they are usually too weak to feel them.
True
False
Check 3 things you should keep in an emergency earthquake kit.
flashlight
blanket
water
book
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