Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?

• An Earthquake
• Nothing
• Movement

What is the vocabulary word for the line where two tectonic plates move past each other?

• Plate Line
• Fault Line
• Puzzle Line

The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Surface
• Crust

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismogram
• Seismograph