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Earthquakes

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9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

Earthquake
Epicenter
Fault
Focus

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

Epicenter
Focus
Fault
Plate

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

Epicenter
Fault
Hypocenter
Tremor

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?

Body Waves
P Waves
S Waves
Surface Waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

Body Waves
P Waves
S Waves
Surface Waves

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is another term for P Wave?

Compression Wave
Principal Wave
Shear Wave
Secondary Wave

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

P Waves can move through which of the following?

Gas
Liquid
Solid
All of these

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