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Grade 4 Tectonics
What do you call the point on the Earth's surface that is located above the earthquake's focus?
  1. fault
  2. epicenter
  3. volcano
  4. earthquake
Grade 4 Tectonics
Which instrument measures earthquakes?
  1. scientist
  2. seismic wave
  3. seismology
  4. seismograph
Grade 4 Tectonics
When tectonic plates slide past each other, this may cause a(n)                 to occur.
  1. earthquake
  2. tornado
  3. hurricane
  4. mountain
Grade 4 Tectonics
Cross bracing is a design used in architecture and engineering. Cross braces are X-shaped beams placed on the outside of building. The braces reinforce the building. This design can reduce the impacts of                   .
  1. floods
  2. tsunamis
  3. earthquakes
  4. volcanic eruptions
Grade 4 Tectonics
The place underground where plates move and earthquakes begin.
  1. focus
  2. fault
  3. volcano
  4. earthquake
Grade 4 Tectonics
Scientists can                 earthquakes by using seismographs, the Mercalli scale, and the Richter scale.
  1. measure
  2. predict
  3. weaken
  4. cause
Grade 4 Tectonics
California has more than 20,000 earthquakes each year because there is a large                 running through the state.
  1. epicenter
  2. river
  3. crater
  4. fault
Grade 4 Tectonics
The plates of Earth's crust and mantle CANNOT move                      .
  1. toward each other.
  2. away from each other.
  3. very slowly.
  4. very quickly.
Grade 4 Tectonics
Which statement is TRUE about earthquakes?
  1. All of them can be prevented.
  2. Weak ones can be prevented.
  3. Some of them can be prevented.
  4. None of them can be prevented.
Grade 4 Tectonics
What is a fault?
  1. large waves
  2. a minor earthquake
  3. breaks in Earth's crust
  4. strong winds
Grade 4 Tectonics
Earthquakes                 always predictable.
  1. are
  2. are not
Grade 4 Tectonics
The two types of tectonic plates are               continental               and           oceanic          .
Grade 4 Tectonics
What is the point below Earth's surface where an earthquake begins?
  1. epicenter
  2. focus
  3. fault
  4. core
Grade 4 Tectonics
Earthquakes' vibrations move through Earth's crust in                , like ripples from a pebble dropped in a pond.
  1. one direction
  2. no direction
  3. all directions
Grade 4 Tectonics
The point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of an earthquake is the                .
  1. epicenter
  2. fault
  3. focus
Grade 4 Tectonics
The sudden and violent shaking of Earth is called an              earthquake             .
Grade 4 Tectonics
Earthquakes can be predicted by scientists well in advance.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Tectonics
sudden movement that causes Earth's crust to shake
  1. fault
  2. volcano
  3. epicenter
  4. earthquake
Grade 4 Tectonics
An earthquake may cause a           tsunami           to form in the ocean.
Grade 4 Tectonics
A vibration of Earth's crust is an                .
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