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Earthquakes.
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A sudden movement of Earth's crust is a(n) __________________.
a) earthquake
b) fault
c) focus
d) epicenter
The point on the surface directly above an earthquake's focus is its ______________.
a) focus
b) epicenter
c) richter
d) magnitude
A crack in Earth's crust is a(n) _______________.
a) earthquake
b) epicenter
c) fault
d) focus
The place along a fault where the slipping that causes an earthquake begins is the earthquake's __________________.
a) epicenter
b) tsunami
c) Richter
d) focus
A measure of the energy that an earthquake releases is its _________________.
a) magnitude
b) epicenter
c) fault
d) tsunami
A large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake is a(n) _________________.
a) earthquake
b) tsunami
c) Richter
d) fault
The scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake is called the _________________ scale.
a) magnitude
b) earthquake
c) Richter
d) fault
A sudden movement of Earth's crust is a(n) ________________.
a) fault
b) energy
c) Mercalli
d) earthquake
Most earthquakes occur near plate boundaries, when layers of rock that usually adhere to each other suddenly slip at a(n) __________________.
a) fault
b) Primary or P
c) Secondary or S
d) earthquake
The scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake is called the _______________ scale.
a) Mercalli
b) Richter
c) energy
d) fault
The scale that measures how severe an earthquake feels, and the amount of damage the quake does to objects, is called the ______________ scale.
a) Primary or P
b) Richter
c) Mercalli
d) Secondary or S
The movement of plates during an earthquake sends out waves of ________________ that shake the ground.
a) Primary or P
b) Secondary or S
c) fault
d) energy
When an earthquake occurs, ____________________ waves move back and forth very rapidly.
a) Primary or P
b) Secondary or S
c) energy
d) earthquake
An earthquake's ___________________ waves do the most damage because they move up and down and from side to side.
a) Primary or P
b) Secondary or S
c) Richter
d) energy
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