Earthquakes

Earthquakes

6th - 8th Grade

35 Qs

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Travers

Used 16+ times

FREE Resource

35 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of fault is this, and how do rocks on either side move?

It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.

It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.

It is a reverse fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.

It is a strike-slip fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of fault is this, and how do rocks on either side move?

It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.

It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.

It is a reverse fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.

It is a strike-slip fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the strike-slip fault that runs through California?

The Palm Springs Fault

The San Francisco Fault

The San Diego Fault

The San Andreas Fault

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do reverse faults form on?

TENSION and CONVERGENT

SHEARING and TRANSFORM

COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT

TENSION and DIVERGENT

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do strike-slip faults form on?

TENSION and CONVERGENT

SHEARING and TRANSFORM

COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT

TENSION and DIVERGENT

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do normal faults form on?

TENSION and CONVERGENT

SHEARING and TRANSFORM

COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT

TENSION and DIVERGENT

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is this a picture of?

Anticline

Syncline

Plateau

Seismogram

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