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1st Hour Ch 12 Vocab Quiz

Authored by Lisa Hall

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9th - 10th Grade

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1st Hour Ch 12 Vocab Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

movements of the ground caused by sudden releases  of energy when rocks along a fault move

Earthquake
Tsunami
Magnitude
Seismogram

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to   its undeformed shape

Elastic Rebound
Elastic Return
Elasticity
Elastic response

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the location within the Earth where the first motion of an earthquake occurs

Focus
Epicenter
Magnitude
Fault

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus

Focus
Epicenter
Magnitude
Fault line

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

seismic waves that travel through the Earth’s layers

Body wave
Surface wave
Medium Wave
Magnitude wave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

seismic waves that travel across the outer portion of Earth

Surface wave
Body wave
Exterior waves
Outside waves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

compression waves, the first waves of an earthquake to be detected

P Waves
S Waves
Shear waves
Perfunctory waves

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