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Earthquake Measurement

Test Description: Chapter 5 , Section 2

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Insrument that records vibrations and determines location and strength of an earthquake.

Aseismogram BModified Mercalli Intensity Scale Csiesmograph DRichter magnitude scale

2) Tracing of earthquake motion.

Asiesmograph BModified Mercalli Intensity Scale Csiesmogram DRichter magnitude scale

3) Scale used to measure earthquake damage.

Asiesmogram BRichter magnitude scale CModified Mercalli Intensity Scale Dsiesmograph

4) Point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

ASeismic wave BTectonic Plate CEpicenter DFocus

5) Point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point.

ATectonic Plate BSeismic wave CEpicenter DFocus

6) Scale used to measure earthquake strength.

Asiesmograph Bsiesmogram CRichter magnitude scale DModified Mercalli Intensity Scale

7) The simpliest method used to find an earthquake's epicenter.

AS-P time method BThe ground motion method CThe Richter method DThe Mercalli Scale

8) Another word for an earthquake's strength.

Afocus Bmagnitude Cepicenter Dintensity

9) How much more ground motion occurs with a 6.0 earthquake than with a 4.0 earthquake?

A20 times as much B2 times as much C10 times as much D100 times as much

10) When finding the epicenter of an earthquake, seismologists look at the data from this many seismograph stations.

A3 B2 C4 D1

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