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title: Earthquakes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Earthquakes

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The 14 questions of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 77 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/44-earthquakes/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t1/) — Jake says: "In an earthquake the ground opens up and swallows whole cities." Put him right. — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t2/) — "my mate says a 6 is just a bit worse than a 5, like one more" Is he right? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t3/) — A seismograph 500 km away records two jolts a minute apart. Why two? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t4/) — In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:15 on Tuesday." What's wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t5/) — What would happen if a city built all its houses from heavy bricks with no steel? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t6/) — "crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that even possible in England?" — wrong ✗
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t7/) — A week after a big quake the ground shakes again. Mia says a new disaster is starting. What's most likely? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t8/) — Where would the shaking usually be strongest? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t9/) — Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone? — wrong ✗
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/t10/) — Your little sister bends a plastic ruler until it snaps and her hands jump. How is this like an earthquake? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the epicentre of an earthquake? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/e2/) — Identify the principal cause of fatalities in the event of a major earthquake. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/e3/) — It is given that an earthquake of magnitude 7 has occurred. Ascertain the approximate energy released relative to an earthquake of magnitude 6. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the forecasting of earthquakes. — wrong ✗ · exam

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