Dec 21st CW: Earthquake Hazards

It is a series of waves caused by an underwater earthquake.

• Ground Rupture

• Ground Subsidence

• Tsunami

• Ground Shaking

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

It occurs when the top layers of soil and rock slip on sloping ground, triggered by earthquake ground motion.

• Ground Subsidence

• Earthquake Induced Landslide

• Rainfall Induced Landslide

• Volcanic Related Landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What potential earthquake hazard is shown on the picture?

• Ground Subsidence

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

• Ground Rupture

A seismograph can be used to measure and study what? 

• Volcanic eruptions
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• All of the above

A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce what natural hazard? 

• Tsunami 
• Cyclone 
• Hurricane 
• Drought 

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The majority of earthquake and volcanic eruptions occur around the Pacific Ocean. This is called the 

• Ring of Fire
• North Pole
• Beehive 
• The Volcano Circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where do MOST Earthquakes occur?

• in the middle of plates

• at the edges of plate boundaries

• near mountains

• along coastlines

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Earth’s lithosphere is it’s surface. What are breaks in the lithosphere called?

• landslides

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

• faults

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins

• seismograph

• seismogram

• epicenter

• focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the place on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point

• seismograph

• seismogram

• epicenter

• focus