WorksheetsEarthquakes grade 5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 32mins
The focus (or hypocenter) is the place where energy is released at a fault and is the starting point of an earthquake.
True
False
What type of waves are released from earthquakes?
plate
seismic
mantle
light
The location on earth's surface directly above the focus, the place where the earthquake starts.
epicenter
richter
boundary
plate
Which of these are instruments used to study earthquakes?
Disaster scale
Richter scale
Earthquake meter
all of these
Scientists use this to measure the energy waves emitted from earthquakes.
Shake Table
Tsunami Detection
Richter Scale
Satellites
A series of large waves created by underwater earthquakes, volcanoes and other disturbances.
currents
tsunami
aftershocks
storm surge
This technology is used to simulate the shaking of an earthquake to help design structures that will withstand seismic waves during earthquakes.
seismometer
satellites
buoys
shake tables
What do you think you should do when theres an earthquake?
