MCQ Rocks, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes SET 1ALL MCQ For Geology – Rocks, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes 1. Which of the following ocean has the most earthquakes?Indian OceanArctic OceanAtlantic OceanPacific OceanQuestion 1 of 152. Which of the following US state has the largest earthquake ever recorded?MassachusettsHawaiiAlaskaWashingtonQuestion 2 of 153. Which of the following instrument is used by the scientists to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?SeismographsAll optionsMercalli scaleEarthquake meterQuestion 3 of 154. Which of the following US state has the highest risk of earthquakes?Washington DCLos AnglesAlaskaTexasQuestion 4 of 155. An elastic wave produced by the earthquake that travels through the earth is known as?Micro wavequake waveshake waveseismic waveQuestion 5 of 156. Which of the following scale is used to measure the effects of an earthquake on people and buildings?Richter scaleSeismographs Mercalli scaleAll options Question 6 of 157. Which of the following is the major cause of a tsunami?Earth’s tidal forceUnderwater earthquakesMeteor impactsAll optionsQuestion 7 of 158. Which of the following scale is used to measure the energy released by the earthquake?Richter scaleSeismographsMercalli scaleAll optionsQuestion 8 of 159. Which of the following country has the most earthquakes in the world?USAJapanUKChinaQuestion 9 of 1510. Which of the following is the cause of earthquakes?tectonic plates movementvolcanic eruptionsmeteor impactsAll optionsQuestion 10 of 1511. Which of the following city has the largest earthquake ever recorded?Prince William Sound, AlaskaValdivia, ChileSumatra, IndonesiaSendai, JapanQuestion 11 of 1512. The location directly above the hypocenter on the surface of earth is known as?Quake centerMantleShake centerEpicenterQuestion 12 of 1513. Which of the following continent has the least earthquakes?South AmericaAfricaAsiaAntarcticaQuestion 13 of 1514. Where 80% of the entire planet’s earthquake occurs in the world?Mid-Atlantic RidgeSan Andreas FaultCircum-Pacific Belt (Ring of fire)Sendai, JapanQuestion 14 of 1515. The location below the earth's surface where the earthquake starts is known as?EpicenterHypocenterQuake centerMantleQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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