True or False: Energy from earthquakes is carried by waves.
True or False: Whenever there is an earthquake you will always find a volcano nearby.
True or False: Earthquakes happen every day.
True or False: Earthquakes are spread out fairly evenly across the world.
True or False: Earthquakes generally happen along tectonic boundaries.
True or False: When engineers design buildings to withstand earthquakes, they need to consider how big the loads will be on the buildings.
True or False: In an earthquake area, the way a building is constructed is more important than its age or weight.
True or False: Heaviest buildings are always the most stable.
What is an earthquake?
What shape do you think engineers would find helps to give the most strength and stability to their designs for buildings?
A student is shaking a rope to demonstrate wave patterns. He makes the following four patterns:
Which pattern shows the smallest transfer of energy
A student is shaking a rope to demonstrate wave patterns. He makes the following four patterns:
Which pattern indicates the earthquake of the greatest severity?