Seismic Waves & Earthquakes - Distance Learning

What is a weakness or crack/break in the lithosphere that can shift and create an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the general term for a smaller magnitude earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area?

• Aftershock
• Foreshock
• Seismic Gap
• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which waves travel fastest, always being the first pulse of waves detected by seismic stations?

• P- waves
• S- waves

A written record of earthquake motion is called a ___________________.

• seismograph
• seismogram
• seismologist
• seismometer

Which type of wave is the most destructive wave?

• Primary Wave
• Secondary Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Main type of seismic waves that can only travel through the surface of the Earth.

• seismic waves

• surface waves

• body waves

• primary waves

It can travel through solids only

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• Primary waves

• Secondary waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Rocks crack and form an earthquake because of

• Time of day
• Pressure
• Kinetic Energy
• The Earth's gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What part of the earth is broken in to 12 major tectonic plates?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Outer Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3