Earthquakes

Occur due to the movement of?

• Lithospehere

• Tectonic Plates

• Convection Current

Sudden release of energy occurs along...

• Plate Boundary

• Ridge

• Fault Line

• Rift Valley

Seismic waves/tremors are also known as
shocks

• True

• False

At which of these locations can Earthquakes occur?

• Subduction zones

• Transform plate boundaries

• Divergent plate boundaries

• All of the above

Point where the Earthquake started

• Focus

• Epicentre

• Fault line

• Tremor

What's the location on the surface of the Earth directly above where the earthquake starts?

• Focus

• Epicentre

• Fault line

• Tremor

The red circle on the surface is known as the..

• Graben

• Fault Line

• Epicentre

• Focus

Fastest waves and the first to be recorded, travel through molten material

• P - Waves

• S - Waves

• Surface Waves

• L - Waves

Lower-moving waves that travel through rock, the second to arrive

• P - Waves

• S - Waves

• Surface Waves

• L - Waves

Slowest of all 3, travel on the surface

• P - Waves

• S - Waves

• Surface Waves

• L - Waves