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Earthquakes

Authored by Joseph Giancioppo

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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Earthquakes
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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Richter Scale measures:

the amount of radon gas released

the movement of rock at a fault line and the actual magnitude

the magnitude of an earthquake as measured at a seismic station

the intensity of an earthquake

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Modified Mercalli Scale rates the amount of damage from an earthquake

true
false

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which travels fastest, always arriving first at a seismograph?

P waves

S waves

Body waves

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?

it probably happened in an area with no people

it was a fast and shallow earthquake

because it damaged a lot
impossible to tell

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Liquefaction is when...

the soil behaves like liquid due to an earthquake's shaking and squeezing forces

seawater is forced onto land by an earthquake

magma rises to the surface due to an earthquake's shaking and squeezing forces

buildings are damaged, crumbling like liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following amplifies the S waves during an earthquake?

Loose, unconsolidated underlying soil

Strong, rigid rocks underground

Closeness to a volcano
Altitude of the epicentre

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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