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Unit 1 Test: Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, mountains, and Volcanoes

Authored by Neile Bennett

Science

6th Grade

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Unit 1 Test: Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, mountains, and Volcanoes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A fracture in the earth's lithosphere along which blocks of rock move.

stress
lava
fault
focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The large water wave caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide.

tsunami
focus
stress
geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The force applied by an object pressing on, pulling on, or pushing on an object.

lava
stress
focus
fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process in which the shaking of the ground causes loose, wet soil to act like a liquid.

pyroclastic flow
epicenter
liquefaction
seismic wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rock along a fault

Tsunami
Earthquake
Aftershock
volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The instrument that constantly records ground movement

seismograph
focus
geyser
aftershock

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

focus
epicenter
fault
tsunami

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