Earth's Processes Practice
Authored by Nicholas Uhl
Science
7th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
seismogram
focus seismic map
focus
seismograph
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a scientist who studies earthquakes
seismologist
seismogram
seismograph
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
focus
epicenter
surface
fault
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake
epicenter
liquefaction
Richter scale
aftershock
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Weaker earthquakes that follow a stronger earthquake
aftershock
epicenter
seismograph
P waves
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where are most faults located?
Along plate boundaries
Along mountain ranges
Near volcanoes
In the ocean
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a fault?
A place where two tectonic plates meet
A break in the Earth's lithosphere
A shaking of the ground cause by the movement of large rocks
An opening in the Earth's crust where magma comes up
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