Question 1
What large moving sections of Earth's outer shell are chiefly responsible for most earthquakes?
- Tectonic plates
- Magnetic poles
- Cloud layers
- Ocean currents
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Tectonic plates
Science · Earth Science
Seismology trivia quiz
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What the Seismology questions cover
- Magnitude
- Surface Waves
- Earthquake Origin
- Instruments
- Attenuation
- Fault Motion
- Intensity
- Receiver Functions
- Subduction
- Tsunamis
- Aftershocks
- Core Boundary
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Question 2
What is the underground point where an earthquake begins called?
- Epicenter
- Focus
- Fault line
- Crater
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Focus
Question 3
What is the surface location directly above an earthquake's underground starting point called?
- Mantle boundary
- Fault plane
- Epicenter
- Focus
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Epicenter
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- Seven rounds. The same seven Seismology questions for you and your opponent.
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