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Test Description: Earthquakes
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What instrument records earthquake waves?
A
barometer
B
Richter scale
C
seismograph
D
seismogram
2) During an earthquake, the ground surface ____.
A
moves only in a vertical direction
B
moves only in a horizontal direction
C
does not move
D
can move in any direction
3) What is the minimum number of seismic stations that is needed to determine the location of an earthquake\'s epicenter?
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
4) An earthquake\'s epicenter is ____.
A
a spot halfway between the focus and the surface
B
the spot below the focus
C
any spot along the nearest fault
D
the place on the surface directly above the focus
5) When an earthquake occurs, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called the ____.
A
epicenter
B
focus
C
seismic center
D
fault
6) Why do earthquakes often cause damaging fires?
A
Earthquake vibrations can break gas lines, water lines, and electrical lines.
B
Lightning strikes are common during earthquakes.
C
Magma from deep underground escapes through faults.
D
Tsunamis from earthquakes generate enough heat to start fires.
7) The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 occurred along what fault?
A
the San Andreas fault
B
the San Francisco fault
C
the Pacific fault
D
the California fault
8) Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located in a belt known as the ____.
A
Ring of Fire
B
circum-Atlantic belt
C
Ring of Lava
D
East African Rift Valley
9) Volcanic island arcs like Japan are associated with what type of plate boundary?
A
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
B
divergent boundary
C
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
D
convergent continental-continental boundary
10) The igneous activity in Yellowstone National Park, in the middle of our continent, is associated with what tectonic setting?
A
divergent plate boundary
B
convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
C
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
D
hot spot
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