Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz

Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz

5th Grade

9 Qs

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Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz

Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS4-1, MS-ESS2-2

+1

Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock

across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass.

Seismic Wave

Epicenter

Fault

Aftershock

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A mechanical wave of acoustic energy that travels

through the Earth or another planetary body.

Seismic Wave

Mechanical Wave

Volcanic Eruption

Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A smaller earthquake that follows a

larger earthquake, in the same area of the main shock, caused as the displaced crust

adjusts to the effects of the main shock.

Aftershock

Foreshock

Main Shock

Seismic Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

An instrument that responds to ground noises and

shaking such as caused by quakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions.

Bass Instrument

Earthquakes

Seismograph

Seismologist

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The magnitude of seismic energy released during an

earthquake is measured by the _

Richter Scale

Enhanced Fujita Scale

Global Scale

Synoptic Scale

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Point of origin of an earthquake.

Seismometer

Focus

Enhanced Fujita Scale

Global Scale

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A fissure in the earth’s crust through which gases erupt.

Volcano

Focus

Foreshock

Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

An earthquake that is smaller than, and precedes, a “mainshock”.

Small shock

Big shock

Foreshock

Mainshock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2