Earthquakes grade 5

The focus (or hypocenter) is the place where energy is released at a fault and is the starting point of an earthquake.

• True

• False

What type of waves are released from earthquakes?

• plate

• seismic

• mantle

• light

The location on earth's surface directly above the focus, the place where the earthquake starts.

• epicenter

• richter

• boundary

• plate

Which of these are instruments used to study earthquakes?

• Disaster scale

• Richter scale

• Earthquake meter

• all of these

Scientists use this to measure the energy waves emitted from earthquakes.

• Shake Table

• Tsunami Detection

• Richter Scale

• Satellites

A series of large waves created by underwater earthquakes, volcanoes and other disturbances.

• currents

• tsunami

• aftershocks

• storm surge

This technology is used to simulate the shaking of an earthquake to help design structures that will withstand seismic waves during earthquakes.

• seismometer

• satellites

• buoys

• shake tables

What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?

• An Earthquake
• Shaking Earth
• Volcano

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