
8th Earthquakes
Authored by Chance Burleson
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The diagram shows rock that is being deformed by one type of stress.
What type of stress is shown in the diagram?
Faulting
Tension
Shear stress
Compression
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do folded mountain belts sometimes form at convergent plate boundaries?
Because rock is compressed and forced upward
Because convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots
Because the rock is stretched apart and breaks, which allows magma to rise to Earth's surface
Because subducted oceanic lithosphere melts and rises as magma to Earth's surface
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes a chain of volcanic islands to form far from plate boundaries?
Rifting
Folding
Hot spots
Subduction
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A geologist is studying an area after an earthquake. She notices that two streams have changed course.
What would most likely explain the movement of the streams?
The stream runs across a fault in a rift zone where two plates are diverging
The stream runs across a hot spot far from any tectonic plates
The stream runs across a transform fault that was offset by the earthquake
The stream runs across a subduction zone where two plates are converging
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On which type of plate would you find thinner, denser rock?
Oceanic plate
Continental plate
Lithosphere plate
Rocks on all plates have the same thickness and density
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of stress causes deformation that leads to earthquakes at convergent plate boundaries?
Tension
Rebound
Shear stress
Compression
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does distance from the epicenter of an earthquake change the earthquake's effects?
The strongest effects are usually felt near the epicenter
The strongest effects are usually felt farthest from the epicenter
The strongest effects are usually felt in a line extending north and south from the epicenter
The strongest effects are usually felt in a ring surrounding the epicenter with a radius of several miles
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1
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