Lab: Plate Boundaries and Movement

Question 1

Which statement describes P waves?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They travel through liquids.

Question 2

Which statement describes S waves?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They move side to side.

Question 3

Which statement describes the Richter scale?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It measures magnitude based on the size of seismic waves.

Question 4

Which factor does the moment magnitude scale estimate?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

energy released

Question 5

Which statement describes how geologists use data from seismographs to learn about earthquakes?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They often compare information from all over the world.

Question 6

The diagram shows circles drawn by geologists trying to determine the location of an earthquake’s epicenter.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

location of a seismograph

Question 7

Which phrase describes a feature of an earthquake’s epicenter?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

region directly above the focus

Question 8

How are S waves and P waves similar?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They shake the ground.

Question 9

Which statement describes the Mercalli scale?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

This scale rates an earthquake according to how much damage it causes.

Question 10

Which statement describes surface waves?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They are produced by P and S waves.

Lab: Plate Boundaries and Movement Answers