Earthquakes

What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started
• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tetonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This earthquake is......?

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent
• Rift Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same area after a larger earthquake has occurred.

• aftershock
• liquefaction
• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Surface

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph

• Seismologist

• Scale

• Seismogram

What is a crack in the earth?

• a fault

• an earthquake

• a volcano

• a P & S wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, as a result of movements within the earth's crust?

• fault

• joist

• core

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the focus of the earthquake?

• Beams that hold a house up.

• A point on Earth's surface

• The mantle of the Earth

• The point where the rocks break beneath the Earth’s surface.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2