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- 1. Multiple Choice
The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...
Epicenter
Focus
Underground
Crust
- 2. Multiple Choice
The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.
Epicenter
Focus
Surface
Crust
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?
Seismograph
Seismologist
Scale
Seismogram
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which city is closest to the epicenter?
A
B
C
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?
New York, NY
Nome, Alaska
Guadalajara, Mexico
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which wave is the most destructive and travels on the surface?
Secondary Wave
Primary Wave
Long Wave
- 7. Multiple Choice
5. Which type of wave travels the fastest?
Primary Wave
Secondary Wave
Long Wave
- 8. Multiple Choice
This is created by earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor.
longshore current
gulf stream
tsunamis
high tide
- 9. Multiple Choice
What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?
Richter scale
Mercalli scale
Moment magnitude scale
seismographic scale
- 10. Multiple Choice
S-waves can move through which of the following?
Gas
Liquid
Solid
All of these
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of fault is this?NormalReverseStrike-slip
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAn area where no direct seismic waves from a particular earthquake can be detected is calledan inactive fault zonethe mesospherea shadow zonethe atmosphere
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?
1
2
3
5
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which wave can travel through all materials?
P - primary
S - secondary
L - Long
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which wave can travel through solids only?
P - Primary
S - Secondary
Surface
- 16. Multiple Choice
Liquefaction is when...
the soil behaves like liquid
the air behaves like a liquid
magma rises to the surface
a large wave of water occurs
- 17. Multiple Choice
Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake
epicenter
focus
Richter scale
Mercalli Scale
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
Intensity
Epicenter
Magnitude
Seismogram
- 19. Multiple Choice
The boundary between the Earth's crust and asthenosphere:
Lithosphere
Moho
Strike - slip
Troposphere
- 20. Multiple Choice
How do scientists know that the outer core is a liquid?
P waves do not travel through the outer core but S waves do.
S waves do not travel through the outer core but P waves do.
P waves and S waves do not travel through the outer core.
P waves and S waves travel through the outer core.
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