Earthquakes

Question 1

7.0 - 7.9 is a great earthquake that happens approx. 170 times annually

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

A break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to one another is...

Accepted Answer

a fault

Question 3

Most earthquakes happen at the edges of...

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 4

_________ values for the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake varied from place t place

Accepted Answer

intensity

Question 5

What magnitude first causes damage at the epicenter

Accepted Answer

5

Question 6

The intensity of an earthquake is partially determined by the

Accepted Answer

amount of damage it causes

Question 7

Deformation is the change in the shape of rock in response to wind

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

S waves are seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a side to side direction.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which is NOT a kind of technology use to construct earthquake resistant buildings

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 10

The __________ scale show magnitude

Accepted Answer

Richter

Question 11

The P wave arrives first and does the most damage

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

S Waves are the fastest wave and does the most damage.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

________ is the amount of damage caused by an earthquake

Accepted Answer

intensity

Question 14

A magnitude of _______ can only be felt at the epicenter

Accepted Answer

3

Question 15

Which of the following is a type of body wave?

Accepted Answer

shear wave

Question 16

The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape is

Accepted Answer

elastic rebound

Question 17

What scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Richter Magnitude

Question 18

The branch of science that studies earthquakes is called quakeology

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

A 5.0 Earthquake can....

Accepted Answer

Cause damage at the epicenter

Question 20

Weaker earthquakes that follow stronger ones are called

Accepted Answer

Aftershocks

Question 21

A ___________ is the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

Accepted Answer

focus

Question 22

A seismogram is a recorder of seismic waves

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What instruments record seismic waves

Accepted Answer

seismograph

Question 24

Waves of energy that travel through Earth away from an earthquake in all directions is?

Accepted Answer

seismic waves

Question 25

The epicenter of the earthquake is the point on Earth's surface

Accepted Answer

directly above the earthquakes focus

Question 26

____________ Waves travel slower than body waves.

Accepted Answer

surface

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