- 1. Cracks in the earth where rock is crushed and bent.
A) faults
B) earthquakes
C) v-lines
D) p-lines
- 2. Area around the Pacific Ocean with lots of earthquake and volcano activity.
A) Pacific Ring
B) Earthquake Zone
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) seismography
C) continental drift
D) Pangea
- 4. The instrument used to detect record the waves from an earthquake.
A) richter scale
B) neumograph
C) mercalli scale
D) seismograph
- 5. Any kind of earthquake or volcanic activity on earth is called this...
A) subduction
B) flying plates
C) seismic
D) continental drift
- 6. Which of the following was formed by volcanoes?
A) Greenland
B) Hawaii
C) India
D) Africa
- 7. Where does the lava from volcanoes come from?
A) Mantle
B) Igneous Rock
C) Sedimentary 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) 6.2
B) 9.1
C) 2.4
D) 7.3
- 10. What is the center point of an earthquake called?
A) epicenter
B) fault
C) center line
D) plate
- 11. The name of the land mass that had all of the 7 continents together on it.
A) Elturo
B) Pangea
C) Greek
D) Palia
- 12. True or False: Earthquakes can happen in Iowa
A) True
B) False
- 13. This island nation recently had a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that left 1000s of people homeless and caused great tragedy.
A) Turkey
B) India
C) Haiti
D) Iceland
- 14. What building in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the most earthquake proof buildings in the world?
A) Hagia Sofia church
B) airport
C) bus station
D) president's palace
- 15. In what state would you most likely find buildings designed to have special modifications for earthquakes?
A) South Dakota
B) California
C) Vermont
D) Kentucky
- 16. When two plates crash into each other, what is typically formed?
A) Rivers
B) Deserts
C) Rain forests
D) Mountains
- 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) Seismograph
B) Hurricane
C) Tsunami
D) Typhoon
- 20. True or False: Large waves can destroy buildings.
A) True
B) False
- 21. Plates that push together are called
A) Convergent
B) Transform
C) Divergent
- 22. Plates that push apart are called
A) Convergent
B) Divergent
C) Transform
- 23. Plates that slide past one another
A) Transform
B) Divergent
C) Convergent
- 24. This type of land formation often forms around divergent plates
A) Mountains
B) Islands
C) Rift
- 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 minor damage to buildings
B) Would not be felt, but could be detected by a seismograph
C) Would cause major damage
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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