Earth's Processes Practice

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

a scientist who studies earthquakes

• seismologist
• seismogram
• seismograph

The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs

• focus
• epicenter
• surface
• fault

Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake

• epicenter
• liquefaction
• Richter scale
• aftershock

Weaker earthquakes that follow a stronger earthquake

• aftershock
• epicenter
• seismograph
• P waves

Where are most faults located?

• Along plate boundaries
• Along mountain ranges
• Near volcanoes
• In the ocean

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A tsunami is caused by______

• lots of rain
• a meteorite 
• a tornado
• an earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a tsunami?

• a large a long, high sea wave
• a moving of the earth
• magma flowing from inside the earth
• a column of rotating air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the definition of dormant?

• sleeping
• extinct
• active
• invisible