Earthquakes Review

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a sudden release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Forces created by plate movements

• fault

• stress

• compression

• plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a weakness or crack/break in the lithosphere that can shift and create an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Most fault are located. . .

• in the middle of a plate.

• on the ocean floor.

• near mountain.

• along plate boundaries.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most earthquakes happen along the _________________. 

• coast
• faults
• desert
• directions

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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-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

What type of fault is this?

• Normal
• Reverse
• Strike-slip

What type of fault is this?

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

A fault caused by rocks moving together

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• slip strike fault