Earthquakes revision

What is happening in this image? Select all correct answers.

• Oceanic-Continental convergent boundary

• The more buoyant plate is subducting under the other

• Pressure build up causes volcanic eruptions

• The denser plate subducts under the other

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• tsunami

• seismic wave

• epicenter

• focus

What happens to P-waves and S-waves from an earthquake when they reach the outer core?

• S-waves are transmitted through the outer core, but P-waves are not transmitted.

• P-waves are transmitted through the outer core, but S-waves are not transmitted.

• Both P-waves and S-waves are transmitted through the outer core.

• Neither P-waves nor S-waves are transmitted through the outer core.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10,000 years are described as...

• Sleeping
• Dormant
• Active
• Extinct

The further the seismic waves travel from the center, the ____________ they become.

• Stronger

• Weaker

Another name for a shockwave is a _____ wave

If the focus of an earthquake occurs beneath the sea floor, as the seismic waves travel through the ocean, they create a massive and destructive

• epicenter
• tsunami
• focus
• mountain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The hottest layer of the earth is the:

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer core

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