Environmental Geology

What are seismic waves?

• Fault lines

• mechanical waves that propagate through Earth

• ocean waves

• tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Earthquakes generally occur at

• seismic waves

• the ocean

• plate boundaries

• faults

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Who studies seismic waves?

• ophthalmologists

• seismologists

• pomologists

• doctors

The place that an earthquake starts is...

• the focus

• the epicenter

• rock

• boundary

a body wave travels through...

• the atmosphere

• the ocean

• the surface

• Earths interior

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What are the two types of surface waves?

• body waves and p waves

• Love and Raleigh waves

• Love and S waves

• Raleigh and Hate waves

Primary or Body waves are...

• longitudinal waves

• latitudinal waves

• secondary waves

• S waves

What helps us predict earthquakes?

• ocean waves

• continued study of seismic waves

• hot spot

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where do most of Earths earthquakes occur?

• Africa

• East Coast

• Ring of Fire

• The Flame Ring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the three types of volcanoes?

• composite

• cinder cones

• shield

• pyroclastic