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Earthquakes Basics
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This Quiz! cover the basics of earthquakes and the way they are formed and measured.
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1
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the starting point of an earthquake is the
epicenter
focus
earthquake center
seismogram
2
________________ occurs where two plates slip past each other.
transform motion
convergent motion
divergent motion
fault motion
3
Most earthquakes take place at the edges of
oceans
tectonic plates
earthquake zones
surface waves
4
The simplest method to find the earthquake epicenter is the
Earthquake method
Seismic waves method
S-P Time method
Richter Scale method
5
Seismic waves that travel through the Earth's interior are called surface waves.
False
True
6
Seismographs are instruments used to record seismic waves.
True
False
7
A break in Earth’s crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to one another is
an earthquake
a boundary
a fault
a plate
8
The degree to which people feel an earthquake and the amount of damage it causes is called magnitude.
True
False
9
Another word for an earthquake’s strength is its
intensity
value
magnitude
focus
10
The branch of Earth science devoted to studying earthquakes is seismology.
True
False
11
Which of the following is the fastest type of seismic wave?
secondary waves
surface waves
P waves
S waves
