Faults, Joints, Earth's Waves, Seismology

What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction due to movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?

• Volcanic

• Earthquake

• Collapse

• Explosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves that move through and around the earth?

• Astronomy

• Seismology

• Geology

• Meteorology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the point directly above the focus on the surface?

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter

• Fault line

• Magnitude

What kind of plate tectonic boundary where plates slip each other or known as strike-slip?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Boundary zone

• Transform fault boundary

When do earthquakes happen?

• once a year

• all the time

• every month

• it depends

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

• Seismogram

• Seismograph

• Seismology

• Seismologist

What do you call the land surface of the earth as considered to be a jigsaw puzzle?

• Tectonic plate

• Fault

• Boundary

• Earthquake

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• folded, faulted, and rift zones

• subduction zone, trench, and volcanic arc

• convergent, divergent, and transform

• igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary

____ are breaks or cracks in the rocks that make up Earth's crust.

• Landforms

• Faults

• Earthquakes

• Boundaries

If you are outdoors during an earthquake you must keep away from...

• trees

• power lines

• any structure that might fall down

• All correct