Go to the Quizzes Page Earthquakes Risks 0% 34 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 20 Taipei 101 has the largest tuned mass damper in the world located between the 87th and 92nd levels. How does this tuned mass damper help to make the building more resistant to earthquake damage? It creates an "invisible cloak" so that energy is rerouted around the building, rather than through the building. It counteracts the motion of the building when it sways by moving in the opposite direction. It allows the foundation of the building to move while keeping the rest of the building stable. It increases the weight of the building, which makes it more difficult to move. 2 / 20 How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale? 10 times bigger 1000 times bigger 100 times bigger 1 time bigger 3 / 20 Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done? Mercalli Intensity Scale Seismogram Shakey Scale Richter Magnitude Scale Bernoulli Scale 4 / 20 What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster? A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans They are exactly the same 5 / 20 What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of quicksand? Seismic Gap Aftershock Tsunami Liquefaction 6 / 20 Richter Scale and Moment Magnitude are similar in that they measure landslides energy of the earthquake tsunami liquefaction 7 / 20 What is the benefit of flexible pads? The flexible pads transform the energy carried by the seismic waves into electricity. The flexible pads move the seismic waves into other open area locations. The flexible pads absorb the seismic waves and prevent them from shaking the building. The seismic waves don't pass through the flexible pads and divert. 8 / 20 Too little rain can cause ________ volcanic eruption volcanic eruption droughts earthquake 9 / 20 The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake. focus energy release center epicenter surface wave 10 / 20 Mercalli Scale measures ........................... in an earthquake. earthquake tremors damage to structures and people all answers are correct liquefaction 11 / 20 An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why? It probably happened in an area with no people. It is impossible to know. It was a fast earthquake. It damaged a lot of buildings. 12 / 20 Where is the damage caused by the earthquake more severe in house A or house B? The damage caused by the earthquake is more severe in house A than in house B. The damage caused by the earthquake for both houses can't be measured. The damage caused by the earthquake is the same in both houses A and B. The damage caused by the earthquake is more severe in house B than in house A. 13 / 20 The location with the largest concentration of volcanoes in the world is called the... Ring of Fire Great Plate Boundary Hot Spot Volcano Alley 14 / 20 Which of the following scales is NOT used to measure earthquakes? Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale Moment Magnitude Scale Richter magnitude scale Volcanic Explosivity Index Scale 15 / 20 The measure of damage done by an earthquake including its effect on people, structures, and the natural environment (measured by Modified Mercalli Scale) greatness intensity damage rate magnitude 16 / 20 What does a seismograph measure? The amount of shaking of the crust. The amount of damage an earthquake causes. The amount of oil and gas underground. The temperature of the earth's core. 17 / 20 The epicenter of an earthquake is ________ the focus above under next to beside 18 / 20 Why an earthquake causes death, injury, and property damage? because the earthquake size is measured using the Richter scale because the earthquake releases magma to the Earth's surface because the released seismic waves cause the Earth's surface to shake because the amplitude of waves is recorded by seismograph 19 / 20 Pancaking is ............ the collapse of soil layers during an earthquake the trapping of cars on a freeway during an earthquake breakfast on a Sunday morning the collapse of a building during an earthquake 20 / 20 When using the richter scale, each increase on the scale represents ten times the amount of ground motion recorded on a seismogram. How much more of a magnitude is a 7 earthquake than a magnitude 4 earthquake? 1000 times 100 times 30 times 3000 times Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page