
Earthquakes
Authored by Shane McQuaid
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?
Seismograph
Sling Psychrometer
Spring Scale
Balance
Anemometer
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What causes earthquakes?
Millions of people jumping at once
The earth rotating
The movement of plate tectonics
Gravity
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
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-ESS3-2
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?
Richter scale
Mercalli scale
Moment magnitude scale
seismographic scale
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