Earthquakes

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  1. What causes an earthquake?

    2. Your answer:
    A large building being demolished
    A shift in only the continents that releases energy from within the earth
    A shift in the plates that releases energy from within the earth
    The mantle of the earth exploding to the surface

  2. Only a few earthquakes happen each day.

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. What measures the magnitude of earthquakes?

    4. Your answer:
    Quake-O-Meter
    Fujita-Pearson Intensity Scale
    Saffir-Simpson Scale
    Richter Scale

  4. A scar or fault is where the plates split or come together.

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. What is the epicenter?

    6. Your answer:
    A device used to measure the earthquake's magnitude
    A place that calulates the magnitude of earthquakes
    The center of the earth
    A point on the earth's surface directly above the source of the earthquake

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