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Earthquakes
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1The earth is made up of three layers: the [blank_start]crust[blank_end], the [blank_start]mantle[blank_end] and the [blank_start]core[blank_end].
- Acrust
- Bmantle
- Ccore
2Plates are [blank_start]pieces of rock mass[blank_end] into which the earth's surface is divided up.
- Apieces of rock mass
3Plates are made up of the earth's [blank_start]crust[blank_end] and the [blank_start]upper part of the mantle[blank_end].
- Acrust
- Bupper part of the mantle
4Plate boundary is the [blank_start]zone between two plates[blank_end].
- Azone between two plates
5The movement of plates is caused by the [blank_start]convection of magma[blank_end] in the mantle.
- Aconvection of magma
6There are three types of plate boundary: [blank_start]divergent[blank_end] plate boundary, [blank_start]convergent[blank_end] plate boundary and [blank_start]transform[blank_end] plate boundary.
- Adivergent
- Bconvergent
- Ctransform
7When plates diverge, [blank_start]new crustal material[blank_end] is formed.
- Anew crustal material
8When plates converge, the [blank_start]denser[blank_end] plate sinks into the mantle and melts.
- Adenser
9In transform plate boundaries, plates [blank_start]slide past each other horizontally[blank_end].
- Aslide past each other horizontally
10Earthquake is the [blank_start]sudden shaking[blank_end] of land.
- Asudden shaking
11Earthquakes are most commonly found at [blank_start]convergent[blank_end] plate boundaries.
- Aconvergent
12Iceland is located along [blank_start]divergent[blank_end] plate boundary.
- Adivergent
- Bconvergent
- Ctransform
13Sichuan is located along [blank_start]convergent[blank_end] plate boundary.
- Aconvergent
- Bdivergent
- Ctransform
14Japan is located along [blank_start]convergent[blank_end] plate boundary.
- Aconvergent
- Bdivergent
- Ctransform
15California is located along [blank_start]transform[blank_end] plate boundary.
- Atransform
- Bdivergent
- Cconvergent
16Earthquake is caused by the [blank_start]sudden release of energy[blank_end] stored in the rocks beneath the earth's surface.
- Asudden release of energy
17When plates diverge, converge, or slide horizontally past each other, [blank_start]stress[blank_end] is applied to rocks, [blank_start]energy[blank_end] builds up in the rock layer and a [blank_start]fracture[blank_end] is formed.
- Astress
- Benergy
- Cfracture
18When the [blank_start]pressure[blank_end] exceeds the [blank_start]strength[blank_end] of the rock, the rock breaks and moves.
- Apressure
- Bstrength
19The energy released from the breaking of rock travel through as [blank_start]seismic waves[blank_end] which move out in all directions and [blank_start]shake[blank_end] the ground.
- Aseismic waves
- Bshake
20The point where energy is released and earthquake waves are generated is called the [blank_start]focus[blank_end].
- Afocus
21The point on the crustal surface directly above the focus is the [blank_start]epicenter[blank_end].
- Aepicenter
22We can measure the strength of the shaking on the [blank_start]Richter Scale[blank_end].
- ARichter Scale
23Earthquakes could cause bridges, roads and railways to [blank_start]collapse[blank_end].
- Acollapse
24In earthquakes, people are [blank_start]injured[blank_end] and [blank_start]killed[blank_end] by collapsing buildings.
- Ainjured
- Bkilled
25In earthquakes, breaking of power lines, gas and water pipes results in the [blank_start]cutting off[blank_end] of power and water.
- Acutting off
26Earthquakes may trigger [blank_start]landslides[blank_end] and block the road.
- Alandslides
27In earthquakes, collapsing of dams due to shaking may cause [blank_start]flooding[blank_end].
- Aflooding
28Huge earthquakes under the sea may lead to great waves called [blank_start]tsunamis[blank_end].
- Atsunamis
29Breaking of gas pipes and power lines may lead to [blank_start]fires.[blank_end]
- Afires.
30Breaking of gas pipes and power lines may lead to [blank_start]fires.[blank_end]
- Afires.
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- Quiz on Earthquakes, created by mjfbttf on 16/06/2016.
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