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Earthquakes

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Earthquakes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fault block mountains are created when a string of what occurs?

normal faults
reverse faults
strike-slip faults
folds

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?

tension
compression
shearing
folding

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the

Richter scale
moment magnitude scale
Mercalli scale
modified Mercalli scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

aftershocks
tsunamis
liquefaction
deformation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The type of seismic waves that arrive at a seismic station first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordian are called

S waves
surface waves
tsunami waves
primary waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?

Richter scale
moment magnitude scale
Mercalli scale
modified Mercalli scale

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tension causes what type of fault to form?

folds
reverse fault
strike slip fault
normal fault

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