Earthquakes

Earthquakes

6th - 8th Grade

25 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-1

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amy Griffin

Used 8+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is an earthquake?

When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.

When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.

When vibrations in the ground result from breaks in Earth's crust caused by tectonic plate movement.

None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes most commonly occur:

in the middle of oceans

along coastlines

along tectonic plate boundaries

all of the answers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Faults are breaks that occur when rocks:

move toward each other

away from each other

past each other

all of these

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This type of fault occurs when two blocks of  rock slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions.

strike slip

reverse

normal

transverse

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This type of fault occurs when forces two blocks of rock apart.

strike slip

normal

reverse

divergent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This fault occurs when forces push two blocks of rock together. 

strike slip

normal

reverse

convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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