Lesson Check - Quakes #1

Lesson Check - Quakes #1

6th - 10th Grade

21 Qs

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Lesson Check - Quakes #1

Lesson Check - Quakes #1

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lowell Chapnick

Used 45+ times

FREE Resource

21 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The epicenter of an earthquake is

The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
The seismic station closest to the earthquake
The place where the greatest damage occurs
The point on the surface directly above the focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Richter scale measures:

the amount of radon gas released
the movement of plates
the strength of an earthquake
the weight of tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Modified Mercalli scale a qualitative scale of earthquake strength

true

false

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

P waves

S waves

Surface Waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is false about S-waves

They can not travel through liquids

They are slower than P-waves

They are transverse waves

They travel along the Earth's surface not through it

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

seismogram
focus seismic map
focus
seismograph 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 4 one on the Richter Scale?

2 times bigger

32 times bigger

100 times bigger

1,000 times bigger

10,000 times bigger

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