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- 1. Multiple Choice
Most earthquakes take place in the?
Earth's crust
plates
San Andreas Fault
- 2. Multiple Choice
Weaker shocks after an earthquake are called?
quakes
afternoon
aftershocks
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which city did we not read about an earthquake and its damage?
Anchorage, Alaska
Seattle, Washington
Mexico City, Mexico
San Francisco, California
- 4. Multiple Choice
Four of the five earthquakes that occur in the world happen here?
Japan
California
Pacific Ring of Fire
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the United States over half of the earthquakes that occur happen here?
Washington
Oregon
California
- 6. Multiple Choice
An earthquake's magnitude is?
the reading on the Richter scale
a tsunami
amount of energy an earthquake releases
- 7. Multiple Choice
Earthquake formed sea waves?
tidal waves
tsunamis
immense
- 8. Multiple Choice
In places where water is close to the surface, sandy layers turn into?
tsunamis
quicksand
soil
- 9. Multiple Choice
This can help lessen earthquake damage?
Build on sand
proper building design
Build near faults
- 10. Multiple Choice
The focus of an earthquake is?
where the tsunami does the most damage.
where rocks shift during an earthquake.
amount of energy an earthquake releases.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Happens when slow moving plates lurch past one another?
earthquakes
tornadoes
faults
- 12. Multiple Choice
Measures the damage of an earthquake?
Seismograph
Richter Scale
Mercalli Intensity Scale
- 13. Multiple Choice
Sand boils are like miniature mud volcanoes. This sentence uses what form off figurative language?
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
- 14. Multiple Choice
Means stirring or mixing?
churning
miniature
immense
stresses
- 15. Multiple Choice
Inhabited means?
immense
churning
populated
- 16. Multiple Choice
Antonym of miniature?
small
minuscule
immense
registers
- 17. Multiple Choice
Dense means?
thick
small
force
pressure
- 18. Multiple Choice
Means exploded?
erupted
churned
violent
detected
- 19. Multiple Choice
Scientists believe that a deadly earthquake will strike near ____________ in the near future.
San Francisco
Washington
the San Andreas Fault
- 20. Multiple Choice
Amount of energy an earthquake releases is the?
damage
magnitude
seismograph
- 21. Multiple Choice
Assigns a number to an earthquake based on its magnitude?
Mercalli Scale
seismograph
Richter Scale
- 22. Multiple Choice
Means dangerous?
vertical
erupted
violent
- 23. Multiple Choice
A tool scientists use to measure earthquakes?
seismograph
Richter Scale
instruments
Mercalli Scale
- 24. Multiple Choice
Earthquake prone means?
likely to have earthquakes.
unlikely to have earthquakes.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Earthquake resistant means?
likely to have earthquakes.
not seriously affected by the actions of an earthquake.
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which word is the opposite of churning?
mixing
stirring
calming
- 27. Multiple Choice
The root dict in the word predict means?
not
say
before
wrong
- 28. Multiple Choice
What was the author's purpose for writing this book?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
All of the Above
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