Earthquake Assessment

Richter Scale

• A transform boundary between the Pacific plate and the North American Plate

• An instrument used to measure and record details of earthquakes

• a seismic body wave that shakes the ground up and down and moves in a wave pattern

• used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake

Identify the part of the Earthquake found on the Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Identify this instrument.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Identify this seismic wave

• Surface Wave

• S Wave

• All are correct

• P wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What is the greatest magnitude on the Richter Scale?

• 100

• 10

• 1

• 5

How do earthquakes occur?

• Heavy force on the ground

• Earth gets too heavy

• two plates causing friction

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the location of the San Andreas Fault?

• Colorado

• Connecticut

• East Coast

• California

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How many different seismic waves are there?

• 2

• 3

• several

• all are correct

Where does the earthquake begin?

• Epicenter

• Hypocenter

• Hot spot

• neither are correct

Identify this seismic wave

• S wave

• P wave

• S wave & P wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2