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Regents Earthquakes

Authored by Lisa Thompson

Science

4th Grade

NGSS covered

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Regents Earthquakes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why do so many earthquakes and volcanos happen along plate boundaries?

bad weather in these areas

coincidence

plates move and shift

none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What do you call a tool used to measure the size of an earthquake?

earthquake monitor

Richter Scale

scale

seismograph

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What do the lines on this map represent?

volcanoes

easrthquakes

plate boundaries

travel routes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which of these natural disasters happen on these plate boundaries?

earthquakes

volcanos

both of these

none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What causes tsunamis?

wind

whales

earthquakes

thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

seismogram

focus seismic map

focus

seismograph 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________ .

tornadoes

tsunamis

lightening

hailstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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