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Earthquakes grade 5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The focus (or hypocenter) is the place where energy is released at a fault and is the starting point of an earthquake.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What type of waves are released from earthquakes?

a)

plate

b)

seismic

c)

mantle

d)

light

3.

The location on earth's surface directly above the focus, the place where the earthquake starts.

a)

epicenter

b)

richter

c)

boundary

d)

plate

4.

Which of these are instruments used to study earthquakes?

a)

Disaster scale

b)

Richter scale

c)

Earthquake meter

d)

all of these

5.

Scientists use this to measure the energy waves emitted from earthquakes.

a)

Shake Table

b)

Tsunami Detection

c)

Richter Scale

d)

Satellites

6.

A series of large waves created by underwater earthquakes, volcanoes and other disturbances.

a)

currents

b)

tsunami

c)

aftershocks

d)

storm surge

7.

This technology is used to simulate the shaking of an earthquake to help design structures that will withstand seismic waves during earthquakes.

a)

seismometer

b)

satellites

c)

buoys

d)

shake tables

8.
What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Shaking Earth
c)
Volcano
9.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
10.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
11.
What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Nothing
c)
Movement
12.
What is the vocabulary word for the line where two tectonic plates move past each other?
a)
Plate Line
b)
Fault Line
c)
Puzzle Line
13.
The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...
a)
Epicenter
b)
Hypocenter (focus)
c)
Underground
d)
Crust
14.
The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...
a)
Epicenter
b)
Hypocenter (focus)
c)
Surface
d)
Crust
15.

What do you think you should do when theres an earthquake?

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