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Earthquake Eng'g

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the beginning point of an earthquake?

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

tsunami

d)

lithosphere

2.

What is a scientist who studies the movement of the earth called?

a)

tsunami

b)

magnitude

c)

seismologist

d)

focus

3.

What are the vibrations of energy flowing from the focus?

a)

epicenter

b)

tsunami

c)

focus

d)

seismic waves

4.

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

a)

tsunami

b)

seismic wave

c)

epicenter

d)

focus

5.

The strength of an earthquake's seismic waves...

a)

epicenter

b)

magnitude

c)

tsunami

d)

focus

6.

Idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates is...

a)

lithosphere

b)

seismologist

c)

theory of plate tectonics

d)

tsunami

7.

Slower destructive waves that occur on the surface of the earth are what type of earthquake waves?

a)

love wave

b)

surface waves

c)

P wave

d)

body waves

8.

Moves in a straight path with a push-and-pull motion are what type of earthquake wave?

a)

rayleigh wave

b)

S wave

c)

P wave

d)

love wave

9.

Moves back and forth in a zigzag pattern is what type of earthquake wave?

a)

body wave

b)

surface wave

c)

P wave

d)

love wave

10.

Moves in an up-and-down pattern is what type of earthquake wave?

a)

P wave

b)

S wave

c)

rayleigh wave

d)

love wave

11.

Moving in a rolling direction is what type of earthquake wave?

a)

love wave

b)

P wave

c)

S wave

d)

Rayleigh wave

12.
Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
13.
A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph. This can be on a huge sheet of paper, shows P-waves 
a)
Seimogram 
b)
Seismic wave
c)
Carrollton 
d)
Deformed 
14.
The Richter scale measures:
a)
the amount of radon gas released
b)
the movement of plates
c)
the strength of an earthquake
d)
the weight of tectonic plates
15.

Which wave is the most destructive and travels on the surface?

a)

Secondary Wave

b)

Primary Wave

c)

Long Wave

16.

S-waves can move through which of the following?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

All of these

17.

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

18.

Which wave can travel through all materials?

a)

P - primary

b)

S - secondary

c)

L - Long

19.

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

a)

Intensity

b)

Epicenter

c)

Magnitude

d)

Seismogram

20.

What happens when tectonic plate shift suddenly?

a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Volcano

c)

Earthquake

d)

Landslide

21.

The strongest earthquake will be a category _____.

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

20

22.

The further the seismic waves travel from the center, the ____________ they become.

a)

Stronger

b)

Weaker

23.

What do we call the place where two tectonic plates meet?

a)

Plate

b)

Fault

c)

Focus

d)

Epicenter

24.

What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus?

a)

The epicenter is located on Earth's surface and the focus is on the fault line.

b)

The focus is located on Earth's surface and the epicenter is on the fault line.

25.

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

a)

folded, faulted, and rift zones

b)

subduction zone, trench, and volcanic arc

c)

convergent, divergent, and transform

d)

igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary