Earthquakes

Earthquakes

4th - 7th Grade

10 Qs

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

4th - 7th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS2-5, MS-PS4-2

Standards-aligned

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An entire branch of Earth science, called _________________ is devoted to the studying of earthquakes.

seismology

fault

epicenter

focus

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A _____________ is the point inside the Earth where an earthquake begins.

fault

seismogram

focus

deformation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its original shape.

epicenter

elastic rebound

Seismic wave

s waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A seismic wave that causes particles of rocks to move in aback and forth direction.

s waves

focus

p waves

fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The measures the strength of an earthquake.

Gap hypothesis

p waves

s waves

Magnitude (Richter Scale)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to-side direction.

tectonic plates

seismology

p waves

s waves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______________ move along the Earth’s surface and produce motion mostly in the upper few kilometers of Earth’s crust.

s waves

surface waves

p waves

epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

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