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Earthquakes Review

Authored by Jennifer Odonnell

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6th - 7th Grade

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Earthquakes Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Earthquake

Epicenter

Fault

Plate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

P Wave

Rayleigh Wave

S Wave

Shear Wave

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

S Waves can move through which of the following?

Gas

Liquid

Solid

All of these

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

Epicenter

Fault

Seismogram

Seismograph

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

Earthquake

Epicenter

Magnitude

Seismogram

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

Mercalli Scale

Richter Scale

Seismogram Scale

Bernoulli Scale

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of a liquid?

Aftershock

Liquefaction

Seismic Gap

Tsunami

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