It's a quiz about some of the terms that we hear and read about almost everywhere when an earthquake rocks the world.
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Shaking of the earth is caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface. What do we call this phenomenon?
Platonic Movement
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Elastic Wave Rock
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Earthquake
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Plate Tectonics
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What is an earthquake, which follows a larger earthquake originating at or near its focus called?
Smaller Earthquake
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Aftershock
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Mini Earthquake
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Mega Earthquake
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What is an area that is almost free of earthquakes called?
Aseismic
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Deseismic
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Seismic
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Seismic prone
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What term do we use if we want to refer to the strength of an earthquake?
Intensity
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Richter
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Mantle
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Magnitude
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Charles Francis Richter formulated a local magnitude scale, to assess the size of earthquakes occurring in a region. What do we commonly call this scale?
Shockwave Scale
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Bodywave Scale
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Richter Scale
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Newton Scale
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What is the calculated location of the focus of an earthquake referred to?
Hypocentre
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Epicentre
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Focal Point
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Fault
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Name the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocentre of an earthquake?
Focus
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Epicentre
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Plane
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Subduction Zone
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Beneath the earth, when rocks on one side move relative to those on the other side, it causes a fracture in the crust of the earth. What is this known as?
Core
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Focus
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Plate Boundry
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Fault
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This instrument not only measures the time of the arrival of earthquake waves, but also allows the exact motion of the ground to be computed from the record. What is it called?
Seismometer
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Seismograph
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Seismoscope
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Anemometer
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What kind of seismic wave travels through the interior of the earth and is not related to the boundary surface?
Elastic Wave Rock
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Earthquake Swarm
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Bodywave
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Shockwave
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Earthquakes can also be caused by non-natural events like underground missile testing or mining, or other manmade activity. What is this referred to as?
Subduction Zone
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Drilling
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Geomorphology
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Induced Seismicity
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The outer shell of the earth, consisting of moving plates of crust, is called what?
Lithosphere
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Geosphere
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Stratosphere
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Mesosphere
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A tidal wave is a large sea wave produced by high winds. But what are the huge sea waves caused by earthquakes called?
Under Sea Waves
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Tsunamis
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Surface Waves
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High Rise
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Ninety percent of earthquakes occur in the circum-Pacific belt surrounding the Pacific Ocean. What is this belt also known as?
The Pacific Terrain
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Hot spot
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Belt of Cracks
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Ring of Fire
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According to this theory, the surface of the earth is broken into large plates. The size and position of these plates change over time. The edges of these plates, where they move against each other, are sites of intense geologic activity, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building. Name this theory?
Plate Tectonics
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Displacement
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Kinematic
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Liquefaction
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