Earthquakes Review

When stress causes material to change shape, that material has undergone...

• strain

• confining stress

• compression

• fracture

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What kind of faulting would be most likely to happen along transform faults?

• Normal

• Strike-Slip

• Reverse

• Thrust

The Stresses that caused the Himalayas to rise are...

• Confining

• Tension

• Shear

• Compression

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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The point where movement occurred that caused an Earthquake is the...

• Focus

• Strike

• Dip

• Epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How often do Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0-8.9 occur?

• About once every 50 to 100 years

• About 5 to 10 times a year

• About once a year

• About once ever 5 to 10 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The amplitude of the largest wave during a Richter magnitude 8 earthquake is ____ times as tall as a magnitude 6 earthquake

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 2

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where is the focus, relative to the epicenter?

• in the S wave shadow zone

• in the P wave shadow zone

• directly above the epicenter

• directly below the epicenter

The longer the difference in arrival time between the first P wave and the first S wave...

• the shallower the epicenter is

• the deeper the epicenter is

• the closer the epicenter is

• the further away the epicenter is

Which of the following measures an earthquake's intensity based on the observed effects on people and structures?

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Richter Scale

• Modified Mercalli Scale

• Centigrade Scale

Which of the following statements best describes the state of earthquake prediction?

• scientists can characterize the seismic risk of an area, but cannot yet accurately predict most earthquakes.

• scientists can accurately predict the time and location of almost all earthquakes

• scientists can accurately predict when an earthquake will occur, but not where

• scientists can accurately predict the time and location of about 50% of all earthquakes

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