4.7 Earthquakes Quiz

About how fast do you think the tectonic plates move?

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• As fast as students leave school at the end of the day

• As fast as your nails grow

• As fast as you can run

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What do you think happens when two plates converge (collide)?

• Mountains form

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• A trench forms

• They change course and move somewhere else

What layer is shown by letter B?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

What layer is shown by letter A?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

What do scientists call the boundary between two tectonic plates?

• Vaults

• Crusts

• Faults

• Mantles

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which earthquake releases more energy?

• an earthquake of 6.0

• an earthquake of 7.0

• an earthquake of 5.0

What layer is shown by letter D?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

What layer is shown by letter C?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is directly above the focus?  

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismograph Station

What event happens when there is a sudden, violent shaking of tectonic plates?

• earthquake

• volcano

• thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2