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Faults and Earthquakes

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  • Q1

    What causes the shaking of the ground?

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    20s
  • Q2

    It occurs when the rock masses of the crust are pulled apart, forming cracks od fracture on the crust.

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    20s
  • Q3

    It is the movement of massive blocks of rocks generates earthquake waves.

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    20s
  • Q4

    What are the type of seismic waves?

    P-waves S-waves E-waves

    P-waves U-waves S-waves

    P-waves, S-waves and L-waves

    A-waves D-waves and W-waves

    20s
  • Q5

    What measures the intensity of the earthquake?

    Moho discontinuity

    anticline

    Ritcher Magnitude scale

    Mercalli scale

    20s
  • Q6

    What measures the magnitude of the earthquake?

    Ritcher Magnitude scale

    Mercalli scale

    Moho discontinuity

    syncline

    30s
  • Q7

    When an earthquake take place on the floor of the ocean, it can produce grate sea waves called?

    Flood

    Landslide

    Tsunami

    Earthquake

    30s
  • Q8

    Its is an instrument that measures earthquake.

    seismograph

    seismology

    seismic waves

    Mohorovičić

    30s
  • Q9

    What is the right thing to do during an earthquake EXCEPT?

    get under a desk or table and hold on

    relax

     protect the back of your head and neck.

    panic

    30s
  • Q10

    Where do most earthquake occur?

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    Type an Answer
    30s
  • Q11

    Earthquake are caused by?

    Continental Drift Theory

    Faulting and folding

    30s
  • Q12
    30s

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