Seismic Waves and Earthquakes

What do geologists call the Earth’s crust and upper mantle?

• mesosphere
• lithosphere
• asthenosphere
• atmosphere

A break in rock along which the ground has moved on either side is:

• an anticline
• a syncline
• a fault
• a sinkhole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes release these which let us study what the Earth is made out of

• Tectonic Plates
• Seismic Waves
• Plateaus
• P Waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

These are the first waves released during an earthquake

• S waves
• Surface Waves
• P waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

These are the secondary, or second waves to be released. They cannot travel through the liquid outer core

• S waves
• Surface Waves
• P waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins

• epicenter
• focus
• fault line
• tectonic plate

We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes

• Seismographs
• magnitude
• actual magnitude
• sonograph

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This is the name of the single digit number that means how powerful an earthquake is. It is measured on the Richter scale

• Force
• Stress
• Magnitude
• Plate Boundary

At which type of boundary are mountains formed?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3