Earthquake

The most destructive type of wave is a 

• P-wave
• S-wave
• Surface wave
• transverse wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the area directly above the spot where the Earthquake actually occurs? (It is on Earth's surface.) 

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Triangulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of seismic wave travels compressionally? 

• P wave
• S wave
• Surface
• None

The seismic wave that allowed scientists to discover the liquid part of the core are the

• S-waves
• P-waves
• Love waves
• Rayleigh waves

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

What is the beginning point of an earthquake, where the first motion of an earthquake occurs?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• P Waves
• Deformation

Also known as shear or secondary wave; a seismic wave  that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to- side direction.

• P-wave
• Seismic wave 
• Focus 
• S-wave

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

P waves and S waves are both types of ___ waves.

• Body
• Surface
• Hand

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1