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The point underground where the earthquake occurs is called the:
Aftershock
Epicenter
Focus
Foreshock
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What does the Richter scale measure?
The amount of ground shaking and energy released.
The amount of ground shaking and energy of a volcano
The number of houses that are damaged
The time and location an earthquake
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How does fire danger increase during earthquakes?
There is not enough water available during large earthquakes
Cities cannot afford enough firefighters to stop them.
Cities cannot afford enough firefighters to put them out.
Fallen debris can be flammable, & electrical wiring.
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The movement of the ground due to rock breaking below the surface during an earthquake is known as _____.
ground heave
seismic activity
settlement
subsidence
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How does a magnitude 4 earthquake differ from a magnitude 8 earthquake in regard to energy?
The magnitude 8 earthquake has 1,024 times the energy
he magnitude 8 earthquake has 32,768 times energy
The magnitude 8 has 1,048,576 times energy than the 4
The magnitude 8 earthquake has 128 times the energy
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An earthquake of Richter magnitude _____ produces 100 times more ground shaking than an earthquake of magnitude _____?
3,4
3,1
3,2
2,3
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The magnitude of an earthquake is how _____.
long it lasts
big or strong it is
fast its waves travel
much damage it does
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The elastic rebound theory explains how:
Fault slipping causes ground shaking.
Ground shaking causes faults to slip.
Body waves travel faster than surface waves.
The epicenter is directly above the focus.
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Where is the epicenter of an earthquake found?
Above ground, directly above the focus.
About a mile away from the focus.
Underground, where the rock is breaking.
Underground, below the focus.
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Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes that occur _____.
underwater
in the Earth's core
in the mountains
in the plains
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Why can geologists not predict earthquakes?
Earthquakes are man made, not natural.
Earthquakes depend on the weather, which is unpredictable.
Activities along fault lines are unpredictable.
Foreshocks often don't register on seismographs.
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Which statement is FALSE about tectonic plates?
They have very specific movements.
They make up the earth's crust.
They fit together like puzzle pieces.
They sit on top of a fluid part of earth's interior.
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