Chapter 5: Earthquakes

The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is called...

• Earthquake
• Focus
• Epicenter
• Seismic Waves

What are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an Earthquake?

• Focus
• Epicenter
• Earthquake
• Seismic waves

The area beneath Earth's surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move is called...

• Focus
• Epicenter
• Earthquake
• Seismic wave

What is point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus known as...

• Focus
• Epicenter
• Earthquake
• Seismic waves

What is the name of the scale that rates the amount of shaking from an earthquake?

• Seismograph
• Richter scale
• Modified Mercalli scale
• Moment Magnitude

Which scale rates small earthquakes based on the size of the earthquake's waves as recorded by seismographs?

• Seismograph
• Richter Scale
• Modified Mercalli Scale
• Moment Magnitude

The scale geologists use to rate the total energy an earthquake releases is known as the ...

• Seismograph
• Richter Scale
• Modified Mercalli Scale
• Moment Magnitude

The scale geologists use to rate the total energy an earthquake releases is known as the ...

• Seismograph
• Richter Scale
• Modified Mercalli Scale
• Moment Magnitude

Moves more slowly than the other two waves...

• Primary Waves
• Secondary Waves
• Surface Waves

The first waves to arrive...

• Primary Waves
• Secondary Waves
• Surface Waves