- 1. Cracks in the earth where rock is crushed and bent.
A) v-lines
B) p-lines
C) faults
D) earthquakes
- 2. Area around the Pacific Ocean with lots of earthquake and volcano activity.
A) Earthquake Zone
B) Pacific Ring
C) Ring of Fire
D) Mt. Fuji
- 3. The different plates on the earth are always moving by pushing and sliding against each other. This is called...
A) platology
B) continental drift
C) seismography
D) Pangea
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) mercalli scale
B) seismograph
C) neumograph
D) richter scale
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) continental drift
B) seismic
C) flying plates
D) subduction
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) India
B) Greenland
C) Africa
D) Hawaii
- 7. Where does the lava from volcanoes come from?
A) Ocean
B) Sedimentary Rock
C) Igneous Rock
D) Mantle
- 8. This is used to measure how powerful an earthquake is.
A) Seismo Scale
B) Mercalli Scale
C) Richter Scale
D) Zonometer
- 9. An earthquake of this magnitude would cause minor damage, but would probably not destroy any buildings
A) 9.1
B) 6.2
C) 2.4
D) 7.3
- 10. What is the center point of an earthquake called?
A) fault
B) plate
C) epicenter
D) center line
- 11. The name of the land mass that had all of the 7 continents together on it.
A) Palia
B) Pangea
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) Iceland
C) Haiti
D) Turkey
- 14. What building in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the most earthquake proof buildings in the world?
A) airport
B) Hagia Sofia church
C) president's palace
D) bus station
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) Kentucky
B) Vermont
C) South Dakota
D) California
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Rain forests
B) Deserts
C) Mountains
D) Rivers
- 17. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in a rain forest biome.
A) True
B) False
- 18. What is the best type of land to build on?
A) Fault Zone
B) Landfill
C) Bedrock
D) Marsh
- 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) Convergent
B) Transform
C) Divergent
- 23. Plates that slide past one another
A) Divergent
B) Convergent
C) Transform
- 24. This type of land formation often forms around divergent plates
A) Mountains
B) Rift
C) Islands
- 25. The continent that has the fewest number of major earthquakes is...
A) Europe
B) North America
C) South America
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 cause major damage
B) Would not be felt, but could be detected by a seismograph
C) Would cause minor damage to buildings
D) Would shake walls and knock things off tables
- 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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