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CW/HW: Earthquake Questions

Authored by Alicia LaCross

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 12+ times

CW/HW: Earthquake Questions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What kind of faultline causes plates to rub against each other in the opposite direction?

Strike-slip

Convergent

Divergent

Ocean to Ocean

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes an earthquake?

Pollution
The earth's rotation
Two plates rubbing against eachother
Gravity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ____________ measures how strong an earthquake is.

plate

seismometer

tsunami

volcano

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

This earthquake had a ____________ _________________.

evidence

big magnitude

small magnitude

fossil

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ___________ _____________ is used to measure how big an earthquake is. It ranges from 0 - 9. (although there have been earthquakes with larger values than 9.0)

tsunami

Richter Scale

evidence and theory

shaking

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins

seismograph

seismogram

epicenter

focus

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the place on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point

seismograph

seismogram

epicenter

focus

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