TRUE or FALSE
1. Focus is a break in the Earth's crust.
2. Earthquakes are vibrations or tremors produced within the earth's outlayer or crust.
3. Volcanic earthquake occurs when parts of the earth's crust break and also the rocks.
4. The place where the earthquake originates is called fault plane.
5. The earth's surface directly above the focus is called an epicenter.
6. Scientists or experts who study earthquakes are called seismologists.
7. Magnitude gives us an idea of how strong or weak the shaking is.
8. Near the epicenter, the intensity of an earthquake becomes weaker.
9. Earthquakes of greater magnitude are stronger and typically more destructive.
10. Intensity is expressed uses Hindu-Arabic numerals (1,2,3).
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