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Earthquakes and Tsunamis

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8th Grade

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Earthquakes and Tsunamis
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?

Collapse of Cavern
Eruption of Volcano
Lightning Strikes
Moving Tectonic Plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

P Wave
Rayleigh Wave
S Wave
Shear Wave

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

P Waves can move through which of the following?

Gas
Liquid
Solid
All of these

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

S Waves can move through which of the following?

Gas
Liquid
Solid
All of these

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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