- 1. Cracks in the earth where rock is crushed and bent.
A) p-lines
B) earthquakes
C) v-lines
D) faults
- 2. Area around the Pacific Ocean with lots of earthquake and volcano activity.
A) Earthquake Zone
B) Mt. Fuji
C) Pacific Ring
D) Ring of Fire
- 3. The different plates on the earth are always moving by pushing and sliding against each other. This is called...
A) continental drift
B) Pangea
C) seismography
D) platology
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) neumograph
B) mercalli scale
C) richter scale
D) seismograph
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) continental drift
B) subduction
C) seismic
D) flying plates
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) India
B) Africa
C) Greenland
D) Hawaii
- 7. Where does the lava from volcanoes come from?
A) Mantle
B) Sedimentary Rock
C) Igneous Rock
D) Ocean
- 8. This is used to measure how powerful an earthquake is.
A) Mercalli Scale
B) Zonometer
C) Seismo Scale
D) Richter Scale
- 9. An earthquake of this magnitude would cause minor damage, but would probably not destroy any buildings
A) 7.3
B) 2.4
C) 9.1
D) 6.2
- 10. What is the center point of an earthquake called?
A) plate
B) fault
C) center line
D) epicenter
- 11. The name of the land mass that had all of the 7 continents together on it.
A) Pangea
B) Palia
C) Elturo
D) Greek
- 12. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in Iowa
A) False
B) True
- 13. This island nation recently had a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that left 1000s of people homeless and caused great tragedy.
A) India
B) Turkey
C) Iceland
D) Haiti
- 14. What building in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the most earthquake proof buildings in the world?
A) president's palace
B) bus station
C) airport
D) Hagia Sofia church
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) South Dakota
B) Vermont
C) Kentucky
D) California
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Mountains
B) Deserts
C) Rain forests
D) Rivers
- 17. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in a rain forest biome.
A) False
B) True
- 18. What is the best type of land to build on?
A) Marsh
B) Landfill
C) Fault Zone
D) Bedrock
- 19. An earthquake in the ocean that produces large waves is called this.
A) Seismograph
B) Typhoon
C) Tsunami
D) Hurricane
- 20. True or False: Large waves can destroy buildings.
A) True
B) False
- 21. Plates that push together are called
A) Transform
B) Convergent
C) Divergent
- 22. Plates that push apart are called
A) Divergent
B) Convergent
C) Transform
- 23. Plates that slide past one another
A) Divergent
B) Transform
C) Convergent
- 24. This type of land formation often forms around divergent plates
A) Islands
B) Rift
C) Mountains
- 25. The continent that has the fewest number of major earthquakes is...
A) South America
B) North America
C) Europe
D) Africa
- 26. Describe how the location of the sub-continent of India has changed over millions of years and what has formed as a result.
- 27. If you were building an earthquake proof building, describe three features that you would add to it to make it stable.
- 28. An earthquake that measured 2.0 on the Richter Scale...
A) Would not be felt, but could be detected by a seismograph
B) Would shake walls and knock things off tables
C) Would cause minor damage to buildings
D) Would cause major damage
- 29. Describe the type of damage you might see in a city that encountered an earthquake of 8.6 on the Richter scale.
- 30. Why did the earthquake in Nepal (7.2) cause so much damage while an earthquake of the same magnitude in California (7.2) caused much less damage.
- 31. Describe the difference between P-waves and S-waves as they relate to earthquakes. You may use the internet to find the answer.
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