Q. What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Q. Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?

Q. What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

Q. Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Q. Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

Q. Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

Q. Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?

Q. Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

Q. What is another term for P Wave?

Q. P Waves can move through which of the following?

Q. S Waves can move through which of the following?

Q. What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

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

Q. Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

Q. Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

Q. What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?

Q. What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

Q. What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

Q. What is an area along a seismically active fault where no earthquake activity has occurred over a long period of time?

Q. Which of the following will help predict the site of future earthquakes?