Earthquake Knowledge Quiz
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Earthquake Knowledge Quiz

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Questions and Answers

Where do most earthquakes strike?

  • Around the Ring of Fire (correct)
  • In the Atlantic Ocean
  • In the Arctic Circle
  • In the Sahara Desert
  • What are the seismic waves that travel outward from the earthquake's focus called?

  • Seismic waves (correct)
  • Pulse waves
  • Shock waves
  • Tremors
  • Where do earthquakes happen?

  • Wherever there are active volcanoes
  • Only in deep ocean trenches
  • Where tectonic plates meet and along fault lines (correct)
  • Only in flat plains
  • What are the first tremors people may notice called?

    <p>Foreshocks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes earthquakes?

    <p>Slipping of tectonic plates</p> Signup and view all the answers

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