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Earthquake review

Authored by Sydnee Grant

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earthquake review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Plates made of earths crust

Fractures

Bowls

The lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

1

10

100

1000

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Richter Scale

Modified Mercalli Intensity scale

moment magnitude scale

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Liquefaction

Solidation

Landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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