Earthquakes (review)

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Underground

• Crust

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Surface

• Crust

Which wave is the most destructive and travels on the surface?

• Secondary Wave

• Primary Wave

• Surface Wave

5. Which type of wave travels the fastest?

• Primary Wave

• Secondary Wave

• Long Wave

This is created by earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor.

• longshore current

• gulf stream

• tsunamis

• high tide

What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?

• Richter scale

• Mercalli scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• seismographic scale

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

Liquefaction is when...

• the soil behaves like liquid

• the air behaves like a liquid

• magma rises to the surface

• a large wave of water occurs

Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake

• epicenter

• focus

• Richter scale

• Mercalli Scale

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Intensity

• Epicenter

• Magnitude

• Seismogram