Test 1 Qtr. 2

Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a fault. 

• Rocks Moving

• Tsunami

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A place where pieces of the broken lithosphere meet (includes 3 types) 

• Plate Line

• Plate Boundary

• Ring of Fire

• Mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A scientist who studies earthquakes.

• rockologist

• seismologist

• earthquakeologist

• earthologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth rather than on its surface.

• Short Wave

• Body Wave

• Surface Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of the earth. Travels along the ground.

• W-Wave

• Surface Wave

• Body Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An instrument that detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake. 

• Surface Measurement

• Record

• Seismograph

• Earthograph

The process by which heat moves efficiently through air or water. 

• Conduction

• Mantle

• Convection

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

The layer of the earth beneath the crust. It makes up about 83 percent of the earth’s interior. 

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

• Mantle

• Crust

A landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material around a vent, or opening, on the surface of the earth and through which gas and erupted material pass.  

• Valley

• Lava

• Volcano

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

seismic sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance. 

• Volcano

• Forest Fire

• Tsunami

• Plate Boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2