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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of these factors is involved in earthquake formation?
plates getting larger
rocks breaking
stress that decreases
faults that remain stationary
- 2. Multiple Choice
What happens when stress builds at faults?
Energy is absorbed.
Rock can bend and break.
Plates form on the lithosphere.
Earthquakes develop at Earth’s surface.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes the focus of an earthquake?
It creates stress in rock.
It develops in the lithosphere.
It lies above the surface where rock breaks.
It begins about 5 kilometers below Earth’s surface.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which phrase describes a feature of an earthquake’s epicenter?
starting point of an earthquake
place around the center of an earthquake
region directly above the focus
point about 100 kilometers deep in the lithosphere
- 5. Multiple Choice
How are S waves and P waves similar?
They shake the ground.
They travel through liquids.
They arrive at the same time.
They vibrate from side to side.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes P waves?
They start as surface waves.
They travel through liquids.
They vibrate from side to side.
They move slower than S waves.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes S waves?
They move side to side.
They arrive before P waves.
They travel through liquids.
They occur at Earth’s surface.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes surface waves?
They arrive before S waves.
They travel faster than P waves.
They are produced by P and S waves.
They travel deep below Earth’s surface.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes the Mercalli scale?
This scale measures seismic waves based on their size.
This scale rates an earthquake according to how much damage it causes.
This scale produces a single rating for earthquakes that reach the surface.
This scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake based on the size of seismic waves.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes the Richter scale?
It cannot account for fault movement during an earthquake.
It measures large earthquakes far from the seismograph.
It estimates the total energy released from an earthquake.
It increases in magnitude as amount of damage increases.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which factor does the moment magnitude scale estimate?
damage
location
wave strength
energy released
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes the moment magnitude scale?
It measures only small earthquakes.
It collects data using a seismograph.
It shows only the strength of seismic waves that were produced.
It determines the amount of damage caused by an earthquake.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which strategy do geologists use to locate the center of an earthquake?
They only analyze local data.
They collect data from seismographs.
They measure arrival times of surface waves.
They draw squares on maps for measurements.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes a seismograph?
It has a flat graphing surface.
It is used to locate an earthquake’s focus.
It uses a needle on graph paper to measure seismic wave activity.
It measures data used to find the difference between the arrival times of surface waves.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which statement describes how geologists use data from seismographs to learn about earthquakes?
They often compare information from all over the world.
They map the location of an earthquake’s focus.
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They use one reading to determine the location of an epicenter.
They measure the difference between the arrival times of surface waves
- 16. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows circles drawn by geologists trying to determine the location of an earthquake’s epicenter.
What does each star on the map represent?
location of an epicenter
location of a focus
location of a seismograph
location of a wave
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