Vocabulary Set 3

a smaller earthquake that follows a more powerful earthquake in the same area.

• Aftershock

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Focus

What is a Convergent Boundary?

• occurs where plates move apart.

• occurs where plates push together.

• the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• in an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a property of matter representing the mass per unit volume.

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Convection currents

• Density

What is a Divergent Boundary?

• occurs where plates push together.

• occurs when plates slide past each other

• occurs where plates move apart.

a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rocks along a fault.

• Tsunami

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Boomerang

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• Epicenter

• Epiclastic

• Fault

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

in an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.

• Focus

• Fault

• Epicenter

• Tsunami

the vibrations caused by an earthquake.

• Sonar waves

• shaking waves

• sonic waves

• seismic waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a Seismograph?

• an instrument that constantly records ground movements.

• an instrument used to determine the water cycle

• an instrument used to determine the size of a wave

the force applied by an object pressing on, pulling on, or pushing against another object.

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

• stress

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2