Quiz; Earthquakes

According to the diagram, what seismic station (city) is the closest to the earthquake?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which letter in the picture identifies the focus?

• A

• B

• C

What letter in the picture identifies the epicenter?

• A

• B

• C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

According to this image, which letter represents the epicenter of the earthquake?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Rank the seismic waves in order of appearance when an earthquake first occurs as measured by a seismograph.

• S waves, P waves, then surface waves

• P waves, S waves, then surface waves

• S and P waves at the same time, then surface waves

• Surface waves, then S and P waves at the same time

Which seismic wave is pictured?

• P-Wave

• S-Wave

• Rayleigh Wave

• Love Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Seismic station A is 5000 kilometers from the epicenter. What is the difference between the arrival time of the first P-wave and the arrival time of the first S-wave recorded at this station?

• 2 minutes 20 seconds

• 6 minutes 40 seconds

• 8 minutes 20 seconds

• 15 minutes 00 second

If a seismic station is 3200 km from an earthquake epicenter, which is the travel time needed for an S-wave to travel from the epicenter to the seismic station?

• 4 min 40 sec

• 6 min 0 sec

• 10 min 40 sec

• 11 min 10 sec

A P-wave takes 5 minutes to travel from the epicenter of an earthquake to a seismic station. Approximately how many minutes will it take an S-wave to travel that same distance?

• 15 min

• 12 min

• 9 min

• 4 min