Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the initiation point of an earthquake?

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Hypocenter

• Tremor

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

• P Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• S Wave
• Shear Wave

Which body wave squeezes and stretches rock materials as they pass through the Earth?

• Body Waves
• P Waves
• S Waves
• Surface Waves

Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles (90 degrees) to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

• Body Waves

• P Waves

• S Waves

P Waves can move through which of the following?

• Solid

• Liquid

• both of these

S Waves can move through which of the following?

• Solid

• Liquid

• both of these

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2