Earthquake Vocabulary Quiz

1. The scale that measures the strength of an earthquake

• focus
• MMS
• Epicenter

2. Smaller earthquakes that happen after the main earthquake

• Aftershocks
• Foreshocks
• Fault lines

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3. A type of fault where the two blocks slide past each other

• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault
• Strike-slip Fault

4. A device used by scientists to measure earthquake waves

• Seismograph
• Pictograph
• Sonar

5. A dip-slip fault where the block above the fault moves downward

• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault
• Strike-Slip Fault

6. A dip-slip fault whee the block above the fault moves up & over the lower block

• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault
• Strike-slip Fault

7. A measure of an earthquake waves height & its energy.

• Aptitude
• Amplitude
• Altitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

8. The slowest of the earthquake waves; does the most damage to structures on the surface

• P-waves
• S-waves
• Surface waves

9. The fastest earthquake waves & are the first to arrive; can move through a liquid, solid or gas; move up & down

• P-waves
• S-waves
• Surface waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

10. These waves are slower, move only through rock & move up & down or side to side

• P-waves
• S-waves
• Surface waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2