1. Which of the following BEST describes fault?
A. The break on the earth's surface.
B. The place underground where the earthquake
occurs
C. The wave on the surface directly above where the
earthquake occurs.
D. The wave that travels underground during an
earthquake

2. Which of the following is determined using Richter
scale?
A. Intensity of an earthquake
B. The damaged from an earthquake
C. The magnitude of an earthquake
D. The number of casualties in an earthquake

3. Which of the followiag describes the epicenter of an
earthquake?
A. A seismic wave that travels along the surface of the
earth
B. The last place that motion in an earthquake is
detected
C. The location along a fault where the first motion of
an earthquake occurs.
D. The point an Earth's surface directly above the
focus.

4. Which of the following types of fault is formed by
compression as shown in the figure?
Compression
A. Normal
B. Reverse
C. Strike slip
D Transform
Tension

5. Which of the following types of fault is created by
tension as shown in the figure?
A. Transform
B. Strike slip
C. Reverse
D. Normal

6. Which of the following is described as the point on
the earth's surface directly above the focus?
A. Seismograph station C. Epicerter
B Seismic waves
D. Earthquake

7. Which of the following statements differentiate
intensity from magnitude?
A. Intensity and magnitude are both the same.
B. Intensity is measured below the ground while
magnitude is measured on the surface of the earth.
C. Intensity measures the energy of an earthquake
while inagnitude determines its observable effects
in different places.
D. Intensity measures the observable effects on people
and places while magnitude measures the energy
of an earthquake

8. Which of the following describes an active fault?
A. It has no structure found in the earth's crust.
B. It is found in mountains.
C. It will generate an earthquake
D. It will has no record of movement for 20,000 years.

9. Which of the following describes an inactive fault?
A. It has no structure found in the earth's crust.
B. It will not generate a strong earthquake
С It will not generate an earthquake
D. Its location cannot be determined.​