Shake and Bake

What is a scientist who studies the movement of the earth called?

• tsunami

• magnitude

• seismologist

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the vibrations of energy flowing from the focus?

• epicenter

• tsunami

• focus

• seismic waves

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus?

• tsunami

• seismic wave

• epicenter

• focus

Giant ocean waves are called?

• epicenter

• seismic wave

• focus

• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates is...

• lithosphere

• seismologist

• theory of plate tectonics

• tsunami

Plate boundaries move apart forming a gap is called?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• abnormal fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate boundaries that push together forcing rock upward is called?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• abnormal fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When plate boundaries move horizontally past each other?

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• abnormal fault

• strike-slip fault

Which type of stress causes deformation that leads to earthquakes at converging plate boundaries?

• tension

• stretching

• shear stress

• compression

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What do we call the continuously moving parts of Earth's crust?

• Plates

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3