Monitoring Earthquakes

In a seismograph, seismic waves cause the ___________________ to vibrate, which produces a pattern of zig zag lines.

• pen
• drum
• scale
• seismogram

Earthquakes occur most often along _______________________.

• subduction zones.
• the Arabian plate.
• plate boundaries.
• convergent plates.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

On a seismogram, smaller waves that occur after the surface waves of the earthquake indicate a(n) ______________________.

• primary wave
• secondary wave
• plate boundary
• after shock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The San Andreas Fault is formed along

• the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca plate
• the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate
• the Juan de Fuca plate and the North American Plate
• the Pacific Plate and the Cocos Plate.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The first waves shown on a seismogram are

• p waves
• s waves
• surface waves
• aftershock waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The highest risk of earthquakes in the United States is in the Midwest, around Ohio.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The vast area where plate boundaries form a ring around the pacific ocean and cause a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes is called the

• Arabian plate
• Eurasian Plate
• Ring of Fire
• Indo Australian Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A _____________________________ is the record of an earthquake's seismic waves produced by a seismograph.

• seismometer
• seismogram
• surface wave
• volcanometer

Scientists can use seismic data to predict when and where future earthquakes will happen.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The height of the lines drawn by the seismograph is greater for

• a more severe earthquake
• stations that are closer to the earthquake epicenter
• for a more severe earthquake or for stations closer to the epicenter of an earthquake
• the Pacific Plate earthquakes.