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WorksheetsTsunami and Earthquakes
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction due to movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?
Volcanic
Earthquake
Collapse
Explosion
What is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth?
Astronomy
Seismology
Geology
Meteorology
What is the point directly above the focus on the surface?
Epicenter
Hypocenter
Fault line
Magnitude
Energy waves that can be felt during an earthquake is called
Seismic waves
Boundary waves
Focus waves
P waves
What kind of plate tectonic boundary where plates slip each other or known as strike-slip?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Boundary zone
Transform fault boundary
What place where an earthquake originates?
epicenter
fault
hypocenter
surface
Which of the following is NOT a way to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
moment Magnitude scale
Richter scale
Mercalli scale
vector scale
What will occur when an earthquake happens underwater?
(a)
When do earthquakes happen?
once a year
all the time
every month
it depends
What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
Seismogram
Seismograph
Seismology
Seismologist
What do you call the land surface of the earth as considered to be a jigsaw puzzle?
Tectonic plate
Fault
Boundary
Earthquake
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
folded, faulted, and rift zones
subduction zone, trench, and volcanic arc
convergent, divergent, and transform
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
An area of volcanic activity far from a tectonic plate boundary is called a
island arc
cone
hot spot
trench
Which of the following can trigger a tsunami?
undersea earthquake
eruption of an oceanic volcano
undersea landslides
all of these
What is the correct sequence of seismic waves arrival from first to last?
P, S and Surface wave
Surface, S and P wave
S, P and Surface wave
none of these
If the Richter magnitude indicate the earthquake A has a magnitude of 8 and earthquake B has a magnitude of 7. Which statement is correct?
A is 1000 more intense than B
B is 0.01X as intense than A
A is 10X more intense than B
Richter magnitude does not measure intensity
Most Tsunamis occur in which ocean?
Pacific ocean
Antarctic ocean
Atlantic ocean
Indian ocean
