
Earthquakes week 5
Authored by Joe Bautista
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5th - 6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Earthquakes usually occur on the edges of large sections of the Earth's crust called tectonic plates. These plates slowly move over a long period of time. Sometimes the edges, which are called fault lines, can get stuck, but the plates keep moving. Where do earthquakes happen?
On the edges
Only in California
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Pressure slowly starts to build up where the edges are stuck and, once the pressure gets strong enough, the plates will suddenly move causing an earthquake. What builds up?
Pressure
Rocks
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Generally before and after a large earthquake there will be smaller earthquakes. The ones that happen before are called foreshocks. The ones that happen after are called aftershocks. Scientists don't really know if an earthquake is a foreshock until the bigger earthquake occurs. True or False: There are smaller earthquakes before and after the large earthquake?
True
false
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Generally before and after a large earthquake there will be smaller earthquakes. The ones that happen before are called foreshocks. The ones that happen after are called aftershocks. Scientists don't really know if an earthquake is a foreshock until the bigger earthquake occurs. What do they call the ones that happen AFTER the large earthquake?
aftershock
before shock
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Shock waves from an earthquake that travel through the ground are called seismic waves. What do they call shock waves that travel through the ground?
seismic waves
fore shocks.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are earthquakes?
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface
Masses of earth sliding down cliffs or mountains
A rotating column of air causing mass destruction
A gigantic wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Can people cause earthquakes?
Yes
No
No one knows
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS3-1
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