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earthquakes

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which wave can travel through all materials?

a)

P - primary

b)

S - secondary

c)

L - Long

2.

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

a)

Intensity

b)

Epicenter

c)

Magnitude

d)

Seismogram

3.
Which type of wave arrives first during an earthquake?
a)
Primary (p-wave) waves
b)
Secondary (s-wave) waves
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
4.

Main type of seismic waves that can only travel through the surface of the Earth.

a)

seismic waves

b)

surface waves

c)

body waves

d)

primary waves

5.

Main type of waves that can travel the earth's inner layers.

a)

surface waves

b)

body waves

c)

Love waves

d)

Rayleigh waves

6.

Two types of surface waves

a)

Love waves and Rayleigh Waves

b)

P waves and S waves

7.

Two types of body waves

a)

Love waves and Rayleigh waves

b)

P waves and S waves

8.

Which type of fault is this?

a)

Normal

b)

Reverse

c)

Strike-slip

d)

Your's

9.

Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

d)

"THE"

10.

Which wall is at "B"?

a)

Hanging wall

b)

Foot wall

c)

"Another brick in the wall"

d)

Berlin Wall

11.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
12.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
13.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
14.

What kind of force is required to create this fault?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

15.

The place where the fault begins to slip is called the______________.

a)

Focus

b)

Epicenter

c)

Magnitude

d)

Intensity

16.

Which statement is NOT true of Intensity of an earthquake?

a)

Intensity is what humans see and feel.

b)

Intensity scale in number is written in Roman Numeral.

c)

Intensity is the amount of energy released by an earthquake.

d)

Intensity is determined by PHIVOLCS using the Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS)

17.

What is being measured by the amount of energy released during an earthquake?

a)

Focus

b)

Magnitude

c)

Intensity

d)

Epicenter

18.

In the Philippines, the intensity of an earthquake is determined using the __________ Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS).

a)

PAG-ASA

b)

BFAR

c)

PHIVOLCS

d)

DRRMC

19.

When we measure the magnitude of an earthquake, which scale should we use?

a)

Richter scale

b)

Earthquake scale

c)

Mercalli scale

d)

Body-wave magnitude scales

20.

What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Epicenter

c)

Fault

d)

Focus

21.

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

a)

Epicenter

b)

Fault

c)

Hypocenter

d)

Tremor

22.
Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?
a)
P Wave
b)
Rayleigh Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Shear Wave
23.

. Which type of seismic wave causes the most destruction to property?

a)

surface wave

b)

S wave

c)

P wave

24.

We know the outer core is liquid because _____________________ cannot travel through the outer core and so never make it to seismograph stations on the opposite side of the world from an earthquake's epicenter.

a)

primary waves

b)

secondary waves

c)

surface waves

25.

PHIVOLCS means _______________.

a)

Philippine Volcanology and Seismology

b)

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

c)

Philippine Inspection of Volcanology and Seismology

d)

Philippine Institute of Volcanic and Seismic Energy

26.

PHIVOLCS is an agency under which department?

a)

Department of Science and Technology

b)

Department of Volcanology and Seismology

c)

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

d)

Department of labor and Employment

27.

It is the solid rock layer of that makes up the outermost shell. It could be as thin as 5 km or as thick as 70 km

a)

Inner core

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer core

d)

Crust