Earth quakes

What is an Earthquake?

• Two elves playing at the park

• Vibrations in the ground that results in movement along the fault lines

• Rumbles from the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What happens when a greater force is applied along the fault lines?

• A greater chance for a destructive earthquake

• The chance that a quiet earthquake will occur

• You will need to find shelter out of the rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes result from

• The build up of lava that has no place to go

• The build up of gas that has no place to go

• The build up and release of stress along the plate boundaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Plates colliding along the convergent plate boundary cause

• Shallow earthquakes

• Very deep earthquakes

• Medium earthquakes

Earthquakes that occur along convergent plate boundaries release

• A little energy

• Medium energy

• Tremendous amount of energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of earthquakes are common along the divergent plate boundary?

• Deep earthquakes

• Shallow earthquakes

• Medium earthquakes

How were the Himalaya Mountains formed?

• Continental Collision

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The break in the earth's lithosphere when rocks move forward, away from each other or into each other

• Earthquake

• Fault

• Magma rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How many types of faults are there?

• 4

• 2

• 3

When two blocks that slide past each other is called?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Strike-Slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3