2-2 EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC WAVES TEST

WHAT TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE IS SHOWN

• P WAVES

• S WAVES

• SURFACE WAVES

• OCEAN WAVES

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

WHAT TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE IS SHOWN?

• P WAVES

• S WAVES

• SURFACE WAVES

• OCEAN WAVES

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

WHAT TYPE OF SEISMIC WAVE IS SHOWN?

• P WAVES

• S WAVES

• SURFACE WAVES

• OCEAN WAVES

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

PUT THE WAVES IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARRIVE TO THE EPICENTER.

• P WAVES

• S WAVES

• SURFACE WAVES

AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAS A MAGNITUDE OF 6 IS ​ (a)   TIMES STRONGER THAN AN EARTHQUAKE THAT HAS A MAGNITUDE OF 5.

• 32
• 64
• 75
• 100

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the following

• THE SCALE THAT RATES THE AMOUNT OF SHAKING FROM AN EARTHQUAKE WITHOUT AN INSTURMENT ONLY OBSERVATION

• RICHTER SCALE

• RATES THE MAGNITUDE OF SMALL EARTHQUAKES BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE WAVES RECORDED BY A SEISMOGRAPH

• MOMENT MAGNITUDE SCALE

• A SCALE USED TO RATE THE TOTAL ENERGY AN EARTHQUAKE RELEASES.

• MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

WHAT DOES THE SPEED OF A SEISMIC WAVE DEPEND ON?​ (a)  

• THE MATERIAL WHICH THEY MOVE THROUGH
• HOW MUCH REST THEY HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE
• SEISMIC WAVES DO NOT MOVE SO SPEED IS NOTHING

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

WHERE WOULD YOU GET TO STAY SAFE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

WHAT IS THE SHAKING AND TREMBLING THAT RESULTS FROM MOVEMENT OF ROCK BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE ALL THE WAVES GO.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2