Earthquake Quiz

What is the vocabulary word for the movement on the surface of the Earth resulting from underground movement between two plates?

• An Earthquake
• Shaking Earth
• Volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

• Core
• Mantle
• Crust

What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?

• An Earthquake
• Nothing
• Movement

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the vocabulary word for the line where two tectonic plates move past each other?

• Plate Line
• Fault Line
• Puzzle Line

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Underground
• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter
• Hypocenter (focus)
• Surface
• Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

• Seismograph
• Seisologist
• Scale

Which ocean in the world is known as the 'Ring of Fire'?

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Arctic
• Pacific

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph