
Earthquake/Volcanoes Study Guides
Authored by Beryl Evans
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Stress that pushes a mass of rock together is called
shearing
tension
compression
creation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the
hanging wall
reverse fault
foot wall
normal fault
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?
shearing
tension
compression
creation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the
foot wall
focus
syncline
epicenter
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called
S wave
Surface wave
P wave
seismic wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
S waves are also known as
Surface wave
Primary wave
Secondary wave
Seismic wave
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other
the Richter scale
the Mercalli scale
the moment magnitude scale
Seismic wave scale
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