6th Grade Final Exam Review

The force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

• Magnitude

• Scale

• Tension

• Stress

• Tsunami

Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.

• Stress

• Magnitude

• Tension

• Scale

• Tsunami

Squeezes rock until it bends or breaks.

• Tsunami

• Scale

• Compression

• Stress

• Magnitude

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.

• Scale

• Magnitude

• Tsunami

• Stress

• Shearing

A set of numbers that help measure or quantify objects.

• Magnitude

• Tension

• Tsunami

• Stress

• Scale

A break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle.

• Scale

• Tsunami

• Magnitude

• Stress

• Fault

The shaking and trembling that results from plate movement.

• Earthquake

• Magnitude

• Scale

• Stress

• Tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A single number that geologists use to assign to an Earthquake based on the size of the Earthquake.

• Magnitude

• Scale

• Tsunami

• Stress

• Tension

A wave or series of waves produced by an Earthquake or a landslide.

• Tsunami

• Scale

• Magnitude

• Stress

• Tension

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A volcano that is erupting or likely to erupt in the future.

• Active

• Stress

• Scale

• Tsunami

• Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2