Earthquakes

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph

• Sling Psychrometer

• Spring Scale

• Balance

• Anemometer

What causes earthquakes?

• Millions of people jumping at once

• The earth rotating

• The movement of plate tectonics

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What is the scale used to measure the strength or intensity of earthquakes?

• Fujita scale

• Richter scale

• Damage scale

• NASA scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Richter scale using a logarithmic scale which means...

• The scale is 1-10

• Each interval increase is 10 times greater

• Category 10 is 10 times more intense than a category 1

• The same scale NASA uses

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Many earthquakes happen along the...

• In the artic

• Tectonic Plates boundaries

• Only at the Ring of Fire

• In the ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Surface

• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?

• Richter scale

• Mercalli scale

• Moment magnitude scale

• seismographic scale

Which wave can travel through solids only?

• P - Primary

• S - Secondary

• Surface

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Intensity

• Epicenter

• Magnitude

• Seismogram

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Underground
• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2