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