The location and causes of earthquakes

Which country experience the most earthquakes?

• Japan

• Australia

• Brazil

• Egypt

Look at the map in your textbook on page 154. Which region of the world in part of the 'Ring of Fire,' where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur?

• North America

• South Africa

• The Pacific Rim

• Northern Europe

Earthquakes occur only on land, not under the ocean.

• True

• False

What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates meets and often cause earthquakes?

What type of plates boundary causes the strongest earthquakes?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Stationary

Tectonic plates are constantly moving, which is why earthquakes happen.

• True

• False

Name the instrument used to measure the strength of an earthquake.

Which continent has the fewest earthquakes?

• Asia

• Antarctica

• Africa

• Europe

The movement of the earth's tectonic plate is caused by convection currents in the Earth's mantle.

• true

• false

What is the point on the earth's surface directly above where an earthquake starts called?