Earthquake Epicenter

Earthquake Epicenter

10th Grade

15 Qs

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Earthquake Epicenter

Earthquake Epicenter

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-1, MS-ESS2-3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the seismic waves travels the fastest?

Instant Wave

Surface Wave

Secondary Wave

Primary Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many seismograph stations are used to triangulate the epicenter?

1

2

3

4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How far from an earthquake epicenter is a city where the difference between the P-wave and S-wave arrival times is 6 minutes?

900 miles

2,000 miles

2,500 miles

2,700 miles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many possible epicenter locations would you have if you had the distance from one seismograph station to the epicenter?

Infinite

1

2

3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A seismic station that is 2400 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake records the arrival time of the first P-wave at 10:00:00 (hours: minutes: seconds). At what time did the first S-wave arrive at this station?

9:54:20

10:05:40

10:07:05

10:12:40

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which seismic station has the biggest difference in the P wave arrival time and the S wave arrival time?

X

Y

Z

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many possible epicenter locations would you have if you had the distance from two seismograph stations to the epicenter?

Infinite

1

2

3

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