Earthquake review

What is broken up into different parts and moves above the mantle

• Plates made of earths crust

• Fractures

• Bowls

• The lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

what is responsible for most of the damage buildings suffer during an earthquake (think of our lab with the sand)

• The ground is too firm

• Not enough weight in the building

• Liquefaction

For the Richter scale, each increase on the scale represents ______ times the amount of ground motion recorded on the seismogram

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1000

The numerical rating system that measure the energy, or magnitude, of the largest seismic waves produced by an earthquake is called the _____________________

• Richter magnitude scale

• moment magnitude scale

• Modified Mercalli Intensity scale

A rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the _________________________

• Richter Scale

• Modified Mercalli Intensity scale

• moment magnitude scale

The rating scale that measures earthquake intensity based on descriptions of the earthquake's effects on people and structures is called the ______________________________

• moment magnitude scale

• Modified Mercalli Intensity scale

• Richter magnitude scale

• The spooky scale

The process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud is called

• Liquefaction

• Solidation

• Landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water is called a __________________

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Landslide

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Based on the picture, is the following sentence true or false:

Deep earthquakes are more common than shallow earthquakes.

• True

• False

When the force on rocks is great enough, they break, producing vibrations called...

• Faults

• Earthquakes

• Strains

• Stresses

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2