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The center of an earthquake is called
Fault
Eye
Focus
Epicenter
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Who came up with the scale to measure magnitude?
Giuseppe Mercalli
Henry Jacobs
George Feldman
Charles Richter
3
What is a measure of force on an object?
Compression
Stress
Strain
Tension
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The direction of a fault is called
The line
The dip
The groove
The strike
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A fault occurs when the sections of rock on opposite sides of the crack move toward each other
True
False
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Who came up with the scale to measure levels of destruction?
Giuseppe Mercalli
George Feldman
Henry Jacobs
Charles Richter
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Above the focus is the
Eye
Epicenter
Seismocenter
Center
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The distortion, bending, stretching or compression of a material under stress is called
Stress
Elasticity
Convergent
Strain
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Divergent boundaries are spreading zones along plate margins
False
True
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True/False. Joints are formed from rocks under stress.
True
False
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Any change in shape of a solid under stress is called strain
False
True
12
Most people who study earthquakes have a background in...
Physics and math
Biology and Philosophy
Biology and English
History and Physics
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What things can happen during an earthquake?
Landslides
Tornados
Tsunamis
Fires
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What are the types of faults?
Strike Slip
Dip Slip
Normal
Reverse
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In 1811, an eathquake was so powerful it made what river flow backwards?
Amazon
Mississippi
Missouri
Nile
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What was the title of this chapter?
Earthquakes
Earthquakes and planet earth
Earth and its neighbors
Rocks, earthquakes, and more!
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What is an earthquake?
A series of low frequency shock waves within the mantel of a volcano
A series of low frequency shock waves
A series of high frequency shock waves
A series of mid frequency shock waves
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Who came up with the first accelermoeter?
George Feldman
Elizabeth Cochran
Sarah Moore
Henry Jacobs
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The angle of a fault is called
The line
The groove
The strike
The dip
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Seismic stations help do what?
Work with NASA to see the local weather
Work with seismometers to measure how strong earthquakes are
Work with acclimators to see how strong an earth quake will be
Work with seismometers to detect earthquake waves
21
The MMI scale measures how big an earthquake is
True
False
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Intensity is a measure of how much damage actually results from the earthquake
True
False
23
What theory in this chapter says the 6 days of creation wasn't literally 6 days?
Analogous time shift
Analogous days theory
Day Age Theory
Deep Space theory
24
At what magnitude do most well-built buildings crash?
8.0-8.9
3.0-3.9
2.0-2.9
6.0-6.9
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Most earthquakes under 2.0 aren't felt
True
False
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What is a accelerometer?
Something that measures how long an earth quake lasts
Something that measures changes in speed
Something that measures how long the hole in the earth is from a earthquake
Something that measures earthquake waves
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What is a seismometer?
Something that measures or detects earths waves
Something that measures changes in speed
Something that measures earths water waves
Something that measures the height of mountain's under ground
