Earthquakes Quiz

Earthquakes Quiz

6th Grade

26 Qs

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Earthquakes Quiz

Earthquakes Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Clay Mayer

Used 11+ times

FREE Resource

26 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level.

plateau

mountain

mesa

canyon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This is a fold in a rock that bends upward into an arch.

anticline

syncline

plateau

mountain

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?

shearing

tension

compression

deformation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little...

noise

shaking

up-or-down motion

movement

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called...

hanging wall

reverse fault

footwall

anticline

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?

the arrival of surface waves

convection

a tsunami

an aftershock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called...

shearing

tension

compression

deformation

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