
Earthquakes Review
Authored by Maria Cespedes
Science
6th Grade
NGSS covered

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When scientists map the location of earthquakes, where do they find that most earthquakes happen?
middle of tectonic plates
in the core of the earth
only near mountains
at plate boundaries
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of energy waves do earthquakes produce?
sound
heat
light
seismic
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS4-1
NGSS.MS-PS4-2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scale measures the magnitude, or size, of an earthquake?
Mercalli
Richter
weight
density
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the measure of the amount of ground shaking during an earthquake?
Intensity
Epicenter
Magnitude
Seismogram
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which seismic wave travels the fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?
P waves
S waves
Surface waves
Tsunami waves
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The most destructive type of wave is a
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does the Richter Magnitude Scale calculate its measurements?
Eyewitnesses
Amount of damage caused
The amount of time the earthquake lasted
The strength of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph machine.
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