Unit 2 Earthquake Test 2025 REVIEW

location of the Earth's surface directly ABOVE an earthquake

• epicenter

• core

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An earthquake caused wooden structures to be destroyed, the ground is badly cracked and Railroad tracks are bent. How would you describe the intensity of the shaking and damage?

• extreme shaking; very heavy damage
• violent shaking; heavy damage
• Not felt, no damage

a compressed wave or push and pull

• P wave
• epicenter
• S Wave
• core

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

a wave that travels slower and moves side to side

• P wave
• epicenter
• S Wave
• core

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

layer of Earth beneath the crust ( the thickest layer)

• mantle
• crust
• Plate tectonics

theory that Earth is broken into segments that "float" on the asthenosphere

• lithosphere
• mantle
• Plate tectonics
• crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What does a seismograph measure?

• volcanos
• continental drift
• the movement of Earth during an earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which wave travels faster?

• S Wave
• P Wave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

One way to make a structure more withstand an earthquake is to _________________________ .

• choose a stronger base
• use materials that are more flexible
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

earth's innermost layer

• mantle

• core

• crust