Earthquake Motions

True or False: Earthquakes are a RESULT of plate motion?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A sudden shaking of Earth's surface is called:

• An Earthquake

• A plate boundary

• Convergence

• The Mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a break in the ground along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Focus

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

• Aftershock
• Liquefaction
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Underground
• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Surface
• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Transform, Convergent, Divergent
• Apart, Together, Slide
• Slide, Pull away, Push together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

• convergent boundary

• subduction

• volcanic eruptions

• divergent boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3