Earthquake Unit

What should you do in case of an earthquake?

• stop, drop, roll

• drop, cover, and hold on

• stop, cover, and hold on

• drop, cover, and wait

What is a large wave produced by an earthquake on the ocean floor?

• tsunami

• large wave

• aftershock

• surfing wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into liquid mud

• landslide

• liquefaction

• aftershock

• tsunami

What is an earthquake that occurs after a large earthquake?

• tsunami

• aftershock

• liquefaction

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What records the ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through the earth?

• graph

• seismologist

• seismogriph

• seismograph

Which waves move along the surface of the earth

• surface

• s

• p

• q

Which waves vibrate side to side and up and down

• surface

• s

• p

• q

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which waves more slower than s and p waves

• surface

• s

• p

• q

Which waves move only through solids

• surface

• s

• p

• q

Which waves are fast moving an move through solids and liquids

• surface

• s

• p

• q

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2