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Earthquakes

Authored by Michele Snyder

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6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Earthquake

Epicenter

Fault

Plate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Earthquake
Epicenter
Fault
Focus

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Epicenter
Focus
Fault
Plate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Epicenter

Fault

Hypocenter

Tremor

5.

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which seismic wave pushes and pulls rock material as it passes through the Earth?

Body Waves

P Waves

S Waves

Surface Waves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which seismic 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

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