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Earthquakes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

a)

Seismograph

b)

Sling Psychrometer

c)

Spring Scale

d)

Balance

e)

Anemometer

2.
What is an epicenter? 
a)
Where an earthquake started
b)
The surface right above where an earthquake started 
3.

What are earthquakes?

a)

The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

b)

Masses of earth sliding down cliffs or mountains

c)

A rotating column of air causing mass destruction

d)

A gigantic wave

4.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

Millions of people jumping at once

b)

The earth rotating

c)

The movement of plate tectonics

d)

Gravity

5.

What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

a)

Fujita scale

b)

Richter scale

c)

Damage scale

d)

NASA scale

6.

The earth has top layer called...

a)

crust

b)

ocean

c)

land

d)

sea

7.
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
a)
Countries
b)
Tetonic Plates
c)
Climate Zones
d)
None of the above.
8.

Where the earthquake begins on surface.

a)

epicenter

b)

joint

c)

fault

d)

focus

9.

Can people cause earthquakes?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

No one knows

10.

Can earthquakes be predicted

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Pangea is...

a)

an Italian food

b)

another name for an earthquake

c)

the Pacific plate

d)

when all the continents were together

12.

The earth has top layer called...

a)

crust

b)

ocean

c)

land

d)

sea