Earthquakes!

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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of fault is this?
Normal
Reverse
Totally my
Strike-slip
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Geologists use the moment magnitude scale to rate the total ___________ released by an earthquake.
sound
vibration
magnitude
energy
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of seismic wave causes the most damage during an earthquake?
S-waves
P-waves
Surface waves
Tidal waves
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What boundary type is this?
divergent
transform
convergent
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of boundary is this?
transform
convergent
divergent
no boundary
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Modified Mercalli scale rates the amount of ________ from an earthquake. It is all observation.
damage
shaking
data
waves
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the..
hanging wall
reverse fault
foot wall
anticline
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