Understanding Earthquakes: Focus, Epicenter, and Tectonic Plates
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What is the term for the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus?

  • Seismic zone
  • Hypocenter
  • Tectonic boundary
  • Epicenter (correct)

    • What is the term for the point inside the earth where the earthquake started?

  • Fault line
  • Hypocenter (correct)
  • Seismic center
  • Epicenter

    • Where do earthquakes originate?

  • On the moon
  • In tectonic plate boundary (correct)
  • At the earth's core
  • In the atmosphere

    • What is the relationship between the focus and the epicenter?

    <p>The epicenter is directly above the focus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the location of the focus in an earthquake?

    <p>Inside the earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

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