Earthquake

Earthquake

6th - 8th Grade

18 Qs

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Earthquake

Earthquake

Assessment

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Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
HS-ESS1-5, MS-PS4-1, HS-PS4-1

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Type of stress found at a transform boundary.

compression

tension

shear

density

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Device used to measure earthquakes.

Quake_meter

Seismograph

Mercalli Ruler

Richter o'meter

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are two categories of seismic waves?

body and surface waves

P and S waves

Love and Rayleigh waves

Transverse and compression waves

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which wave is a compression (longitudinal) wave?

P-wave

S-wave

Love wave

Rayleigh wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which seismic wave is the fastest?

Love waves

Rayleigh waves

S-waves

P-waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Type of stress found at a convergent boundary.

compression

tension

shear

density

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which seismic waves do the most damage?

P-waves

S-waves

surface waves

body waves

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