Final Review: Earthquakes & Tsunamis

Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?

• P waves
• S waves

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The farther a seismic station is from an earthquake, a person will notice that  the time between P and S waves

• Increases
• Decreases
• Same

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Underground

• Crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

S-waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Intensity

• Epicenter

• Magnitude

• Seismogram

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

• aftershocks
• tsunamis
• liquefaction
• deformation

The type of seismic waves that arrive at a seismic station first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordian are called

• S waves
• surface waves
• tsunami waves
• primary waves