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Earthquake Vocabulary Review
Test Description: Earthquake Vocabulary Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) shaking that results from movement of rock beneath the earth's surface
A
shock
B
earthquake
C
volcano
D
eruption
2) the area where rock breaks that triggers an earthquake
A
fault
B
hot spot
C
focus
D
epicenter
3) the area directly above the focus of an earthquake
A
hot spot
B
P waves
C
epicenter
D
S waves
4) waves of energy that are released during an earthquake
A
still
B
focus
C
seismic
D
water
5) are the slowest and largest of the seismic waves and cause most of the destruction during an earthquake
A
S waves
B
electromagnetic wavessis
C
surface waves
D
P waves
6) rates earthquakes according to the level of damage (12 steps/levels
A
magnitude
B
Mercalli scale
C
Richter scale
D
seismograph
7) how big the earthquake is
A
epicenter
B
magnitude
C
focus
D
fault
8) rates earthquakes based on size
A
magnitude
B
mercalli scale
C
richter scale
D
seismograph
9) measures seismic waves
A
Seismograph
B
Richter Scale
C
magnitude
D
Mercalli Scale
10) a break in the rock of the crust
A
magnitude
B
fault
C
focus
D
epicenter
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