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

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

• stress
• lava
• fault
• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

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

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

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

The instrument that constantly records ground movement

• seismograph
• focus
• geyser
• aftershock

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

• focus
• epicenter
• fault
• tsunami

vibrations caused by an earthquake

• fault
• stress
• seismograph
• seismic waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A smaller earthquake that follows a more powerful earthquake.

• liquifaction
• seismic waves
• stress
• Aftershock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The point underground where the rock first begins to move.

• focus
• epicenter
• fault
• geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2