Earthquakes and Volcanoes Vocabulary

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Vocabulary

6th Grade

20 Qs

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes Vocabulary

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS4-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kristina Williams

Used 47+ times

FREE Resource

20 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

tension

compression

shearing

focus

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

Tension

Compression

Shearing

Focus

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement

tension

compression

shearing

focus

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

Strike-Slip Fault

Seismic Waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

Strike-Slip Fault

Seismic Waves

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

Strike-Slip Fault

Epicenter

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

Stress

Focus

Epicenter

Magnitude

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