Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz
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Science
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5th Grade
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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
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