Eathquakes

Question 1

Name the parts of an earthquake

Answer 1

Focus: the place where an earthquake begins beneath the surface

Shock waves: these spread out in circles from the focus

Fault: a large crack in the earths crust

Aftershock: are earthquakes that occur after the 1st earthquake

Question 2

How do you make earthquake proof buildings?

Answer 2

Add weights on top of the roof

Steel frames

Shock absorbers

Question 3

What is a magnitude of an earthquake

Answer 3

It is to show how strong the earthquake was

Question 4

Where does an earthquake originate from

Answer 4

The focus

Question 5

What is an earthquakes movement called

Answer 5

Seismic waves

Question 6

Where is the point at which first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Answer 6

The hypocenter

Question 7

What are earthquakes caused by

Answer 7

A sudden slip of the fault

Question 8

What are faults

Answer 8

Faults are cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement.

Question 9

What is the thing directly above the focus of an earthquake

Answer 9

The epicentre

Question 10

What are the sesmic waves that moves along the earthquakes surface

Answer 10

Surface waves

Question 11

What’s a Richter scale

Answer 11

is used to rate the magnitude of an earthquake