Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. The epicenter of an earthquake is focus.
a. Above
b. under
c. beside
c. next to
2. These waves are the fastest.
a. S-waves b. P-waves
c. surface waves
d. Tidal wave
3. Earthquakes are caused by the forces of movement.
a. Water
b. gravitational
c. plate
d. forest
4. The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is called
a. Relapsed
b. seismograph
c. seismometer
d. faults
5. Seismic waves are that are similar to sound waves.
a. Ripples
b. sound b
C. vibrations
d. echos
6. The of an earthquake is the point where rock under stress begins to break or move. It is under the surface of the earth
a. Epicenter
b. focus
c. magnitude
d. scale
7. Geologist use the movement of magnitude scale to rate the total released by an earthquake. .
a. Sound
b. vibration
C. magnitude
d. energy
8. Which type of fault do you think would have little up and down movement?
a. Convergent
b. transform
C. divergent
d. reverse fault
9. Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
a. Tension
b. compression
c. shearing
d. vibrations​