Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

8th Grade

13 Qs

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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS1-5, HS-ESS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

13 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along a fault is a

Volcano

Earthquake

Tsunami

Hurricane

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How much more ground motion does a magnitude 8 earthquake have then a magnitude 6 earthquake?

10

100

31.5

992

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which scale is used to measure the energy released from an earthquake?

Richter Scale

Moment Magnitude Scale

Modified Mercalli Scale

All of the Above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The type of fault at a convergent boundary where the block above the fault moves up is

Strike Slip Fault

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

Transverse Fault

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of wave can move through both solid and liquid parts of Earth?

Primary Wave

Secondary Wave

Surface Wave

Ocean Wave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A low viscosity volcano with gentle slopes and basaltic lava is a

Shield Volcano

Composite Volcano

Cinder Cone Volcano

Caldera

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of lava does the volcano in the image produce

low viscosity lava

andesitic and rhyolitic lava

Sedimentary lava

basaltic lava

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