Chapter 19.3-4 Quiz

What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?

• scale
• seismograph
• earthquake monitor
• Richter scale

Series of waves commonly caused by an earthquake under the sea

• Ground shaking

• Ground rupture

• Landslides

• Liquefaction

• Tsunami

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

How to reduce risks of an earthquake?

• Accurate recording and interpretation of ground shaking

• Making seismic hazard maps

• Building resilient structures

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

What can be determined by the distance between seismic waves on a seismogram?

• How far away the epicenter is

• The type of fault

• The depth of the earthquake

• Whether the core is liquid

What is a rating scale of the energy released by an earthquake based on the size of the fault rupture, the amount of movement along the fault, and the rocks' stiffness?

• Richter Scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Modified Mercalli Scale

What is a numerical rating system that measures the amount of energy released during an earthquake?

• Richter Scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Modified Mercalli Scale

What is used to measure earthquake intensity on a scale from I to XII using damages as the reference

• Richter Scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Modified Mercalli Scale

What is the phenomenon when seismic vibrations can cause the ground to behave like a liquid?

• Soil Liquefaction

• Tsunami

• Seismic Gap

What is a large ocean wave generated by vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake?

• Soil Liquefaction

• Tsunami

• Seismic Gap

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Modified Mercalli Scale measures an earthquake's

• intensity

• seismic gap

• probability

• magnitude