How Well Do You Know Earthquakes?
Disasters is part our nature, or our planet to put it succinctly; however, there are natural and artificial disasters, earthquake is such a dreaded occurrence that engulfs anywhere it happens. Take a quiz and see what you know about it
- 1.
From time immemorial, the earth has been vibrating, some due to earthmoving activities and other not, earth tremor can be explained as?- A.
Shaking of the surface of earth that create seismic waves
- B.
Force movement of the earth
- C.
A sudden chasm caused by seismic waves
- D.
None of the above
- 2.
There are different types of disaster that are beyond human control, the only measure is to mitigate casualty number, what type of disaster is an earthquake?
- A.
Human disaster
- B.
Artificial disaster
- C.
Natural disaster
- D.
None of the above
- 3.
Before earthquake happens, there is always fault line in that particular area, an earthquake's point of initial rupture is called?
- A.
Center point
- B.
Middle tremor
- C.
Hypo-center or focus
- D.
None of the above
- 4.
All disasters have an adverse effect on the environment and community after they must have happened, effects of earthquake includes?
- A.
Shaking and ground rupture
- B.
Fire
- C.
Landslides and avalanches
- D.
All of the above
- 5.
The earthquake has been one of the uncontrollable disaster human being try to avoid as there is the little measure to stop it, major earthquake recorded on earth is?
- A.
1556 Shaanxi earthquake
- B.
Hurricane Irma
- C.
Tsunami
- D.
None of the above
- 6.
The Certain occurrence has been a constant reminder that we need to be careful on how we use our environment, what are the reasons causing the earthquake in the world?
- A.
Flood
- B.
Global warming
- C.
Overpopulation
- D.
None of the above
- 7.
Earthquake is a natural disaster but, human being ignorantly constitutes to its occurrence, what scientific process causes an earthquake to occur?
- A.
Fault planes
- B.
Hurricane Irma
- C.
Global warming
- D.
All of the above
- 8.
There is always reprisal earthquake occurrence in some cases, leveling up a whole area and beyond, an earthquake that occurs after a previous one is called?
- A.
Turbulence
- B.
Tsunami
- C.
Aftershock
- D.
Shock-wave
- 9.
There are always fault line warning whenever a disaster of this magnitude is about to happen, what are different earthquake fault types?
- A.
Normal
- B.
Reverse
- C.
Strike-slip
- D.
All of the above
- 10.
Due to some certain individual disposition in their daily life, they are comically named after certain events, such is “earthquake” an alias for American actor named?
- A.
Braun Stroman
- B.
Nathaniel Stroman
- C.
Bruce Willis
- D.
Keiffer Sutherland
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