Earthquake
Quiz - Fact or Fiction?
ABAG's
Quiz to Test Your Earthquake Sense...
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Earthquake
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ABAG's
Quiz to Test Your Earthquake Sense...
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| Many people have misconceptions about why earthquakes occur and what their impacts on the Bay Area can be. Test your earthquake knowledge by reading each of the following statements. After you decide whether or not it is Fact or Fiction, find out the answer! |  |
Statement #1
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the United States Geological
Survey (USGS) researchers produced ground shaking hazard maps to terrify people.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #2
Bay Area earthquakes are generated when sudden movement occurs across a fault.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #3
We can always tell where an earthquake has occurred because we can see the ground
on the surface that has moved.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #4
If an earthquake is a magnitude 7 event, it has that intensity, or strength.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #5
The most shaking in earthquakes occurs next to the epicenter.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #6
If you live on “bedrock,” you will be safe from really strong shaking.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #7
About the same percentage of people will be forced from their single-family
homes built before 1940 as built after 1940.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #8
If Mr. A. Contractor says that he can make your home earthquake proof, and Mr.
B. Contractor says that he can only make your home safer, you should choose
Mr. A. Contractor.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #9
We expect that over 200,000 people will be forced from their homes and apartments
because of damage to those structures when the next earthquake greater than
magnitude 7 occurs on the northern portion of the Hayward fault.
Fact? or Fiction?
Statement #10
Sharks and earthquakes have something in common!
Fact? or Fiction?
Now that you have finished, try our Crossword Puzzle!
You can also try our Wordsearch Games dealing with tsunamis, emergency car kit items, and earthquake terms!
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