Sudden Earth Events

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 focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale

A sudden release of energy, that has been building in the Earth's crust is called....

• Volcano

• Eruption

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

What is common about where earthquake and volcanic eruptions happen?

• Near tectonic plates

• Near earthquake plates

• Near volcanic plates

• Near dinner plates

What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 

• Mantle
• Innercore
• Outercore
• Crust

A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.

• crust
• inner core
• mantle 
• outer core

Which layer of Earth is located above the outer core?

• crust
• inner core
• mantle
• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1