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Test Description: A game dealing earthquakes.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Where is the epicenter located?
A
Directly above the focus.
B
Below the focus
C
Above the focus
2) What are seismic waves and sound waves similar to?
A
Mountain waves
B
air waves
C
Ocean waves
D
Hand waves
3) What are P-waves?
A
Primary waves
B
secondary waves
4) What are s-waves?
A
Primary waves
B
secondary waves
5) What is the order of waves?
A
P-waves, s-waves, surface waves
B
Surface waves, s-waves, p-waves
C
S-waves, P-waves, Surface waves
D
P-waves, surface waves, s-waves
6) What causes an earthquake?
A
When two faults crash into each other
B
When two faults slip past each other
7) What does the Richter scale measure?
A
The amount of damage caused.
B
The amount of shaking.
C
The energy released by an earthquake
D
The magnitude of the earthquake.
8) What does the moment magnitude scale do?
A
Used to compare earthquakes
B
Used to compare moments
9) What does the mercalli scale measure?
A
The total amount of energy released
B
The amount of shaking
C
How big the earthquake was.
10) If an earthquake was rated a 5 but was really a 7. Is there a problem?
A
Yes because this means the damage has went up
B
No because if it felt like 5 but was actually a 7, no changes have occured.
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