Earthquakes

What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

• Fujita scale

• Richter scale

• Damage scale

• NASA scale

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What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started

• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

Where the earthquake begins on surface.

• epicenter

• joint

• fault

• focus

Can earthquakes be predicted

• Yes

• No

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The crust is broken into many peices called ...

• plates

• ashes

• countries

• boundries

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An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram

• focus seismic map

• focus

• seismograph 

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• lightening

• hailstorms

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Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries

• Tetonic Plates

• Climate Zones

• None of the above.

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What are the three regions where earthquakes take place?

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Japan

• Alpide Belt

• Circus Pacific Belt

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About how many earthquakes occur a year?

• 900,000

• 5,000

• 88,000

• 500,000

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