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Nat Geo 101: Earthquakes (Wk 6)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earthquakes have been recorded on all 7 continents

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Earthquakes happen because of...

a)

stress in the mountains

b)

global warming

c)

pressure beneath the earth's crust

d)

ISB

3.

Human activity can cause earthquakes

a)

False

b)

True

4.

What are the plates in the Earth's crust called?

a)

Expensive plates

b)

Delicious plates

c)

Tetrohonic plates

d)

Tectonic plates

5.

What is a machine that can record earthquakes?

a)

Cimpragroph

b)

Seismograph

c)

Seize my graph

d)

Playstation 4

6.

On the Moment Magnitude Scale, each level is __________ than the one before it

a)

2x

b)

10x

c)

100x

d)

1000x

7.

The largest recorded earthquake happened in....

a)

China

b)

Chile

c)

Vietnam

d)

Colombia

8.

The largest recorded earthquake happened in...

a)

1916

b)

1950

c)

1960

d)

1987

9.

If an earthquake happens underwater, it causes a

a)

Headache

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Tsunami

10.

Buildings that sway are more resistant to earthquakes

a)

True

b)

False