Fun Fact Friday Jan 28 2022

The huge pieces of the Earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

• crust
• plates
• directions
• seismos

The epicenter of an earthquake is:

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
• The seismic station closest to the earthquake
• The place where the greatest damage occurs
• The point on the surface directly above the focus

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States and creates significant earthquake activity for California.

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Most earthquakes happen along the _________________. 

• coast
• faults
• desert
• directions

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• countries.

• tectonic plates.

• climate zones.

• none of the above.

Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same area after a larger earthquake has occurred.

• aftershocks

• liquefaction
• tsunamis

The beginning part of a story where characters, setting & conflict are introduced.

• rising action
• resolution
• conflict
• exposition