1. Ephrata Middle
School
Science
Miss Rand
Plate Tectonics

2. Which scale would most likely be used #1
Which scale would most likely be used
To tell how much earthquake damage
Was done to homes and other buildings?
Mercalli Scale
Ricter scale A: B:
Seismic scale
The big, bad and ugly scale C: D:

3. Mercalli
Scale

4. If the coast guard warns of a giant #2
If the coast guard warns of a giant
Wave of water approaching the shore
The result of a major earthquake, they
Are warning of
liquefaction A:
aftershocks B:
tsunami C: D:
landslide

5. tsunami

6. Which of the following can cause Damage days or months after #3
Which of the following can cause
Damage days or months after
A large earthquake?
tsunami A:
S waves B:
liquifaction
aftershock C: D:

7. aftershock

8. The best way to protect yourself#4
The best way to protect yourself
In an earthquake is to
Run as fast as you can
Drop, cover, and hold A: B:
Stay under a tree and cry
Go into the basement C: D:

9. Drop, cover and hold

10. Earthquakes are not likely Earthquakes are likely#5
Geologists know that whenever
plate movement stores energy
in the rock along faults,
Earthquakes are not likely
Earthquakes are likely A: B:
An earthquake is occurring
An earthquake could never occur C: D:

11. Earthquakes are likely

12. The risk of earthquakes is high along #6
The risk of earthquakes is high along
the Pacific coast of the United States
because…
There has been not EQs there lately
There is more overweight people that live on the Pacific coast A: B:
It’s where Pacific and North American plates meet
Satellites detect increasing elevation C: D:

13. It’s where Pacific and North American plates meet

14. Most earthquake related injuries#7
Most earthquake related injuries
and deaths result from
divergent A:
tsunamis B:
Damage to buildings or other structures
P waves C: D:

15. Damage to buildings or other structures

16. Through the mantle only#8
In what direction do seismic waves
carry the energy of an
earthquake
Away from the focus
Toward the focus A: B:
From surface to the interior
Through the mantle only C: D:

17. Away from the focus

18. #9 What type of earthquake wave travels through both liquid and solid
P waves A: B:
Focus waves
S waves
surface waves C: D:

19. P waves

20. #10 Rating system that estimates total energy
released by an earthquake is called the..
Seismograph scale
Richter scale A: B:
Momentum magnitude scale C: D:
Mercalli scale

21. Richter scale

22. Geologists can not yet predict
#11
Geologists can not yet predict
earthquakes because..
can’t be sure where rock stress will be released A:
Too much data B:
Need to know where all past EQs occurred
too many faults to monitor C: D:

23. can’t be sure where rock stress will be released

24. Volcanic belts form along
#12
Volcanic belts form along
Islands in the Pacific Ocean
Boundaries of Earth’s plates A: B:
the waists of people that wear pants that are too big for them
North America mountain ranges C: D:

25. Boundaries of Earth’s plates

26. The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
#13
The formation of the Hawaiian
Islands is one example of
Volcanoes forming over a hot spot A: B:
The Ring of Fire
Volcanoes forming along plate boundaries
Continental drift C: D:

27. Volcanoes forming over a hot spot

28. #14 Liquid magma flows upward through the cracks in rock because it is
More dense than surrounding solid material
Highly fluid A: B:
Less dense than surrounding solid material
Highly magnetic C: D:

29. Less dense than surrounding solid material

30. The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber
#15
The long tube in the ground that
connects the magma chamber
to the Earth’s surface is called…
Straw tube
pipe A: B:
Side vent
vent C: D:

31. Pipe

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