How does Energy from an Earthquake Travel

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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 the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?

• An Earthquake
• Shaking Earth
• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

Most earthquakes happen along _________________.

• the coast

• faults

• the desert

• mountain ranges

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Underground

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Surface

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph

• Seismologist

• Scale

• Seismogram

The point of an earthquake's surface directly above the earthquake:

• epicenter

• focus