Earthquakes Passage
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Science
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes an earthquake?
A large storm with very high speed winds
A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other
An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface
A large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do scientists call the boundary between two tectonic plates?
Vaults
Epicenters
Crusts
Faults
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the smaller earthquakes that occur before a large earthquake called?
Foreshocks
Faults
Waves
Aftershocks
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the shock waves caused by an earthquake that travel through the ground called?
Electromagnetic waves
Seismic waves
Microwaves
Transverse waves
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the Moment Magnitude Scale measure?
The speed of the earthquake
The length of the earthquake in time
The damage caused by an earthquake
The size of the earthquake in magnitude
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What would you expect to occur from an earthquake that measured 3 on the MMS scale?
You wouldn't feel it
A slight shaking like a truck driving by
Stuff would fall off your shelves
Cracks in the streets and bridges
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What would you expect to occur from an earthquake that measured 9 on the MMS scale?
You wouldn't feel it
A slight shaking like a truck driving by
Stuff would fall off your shelves
Whole buildings and cities flattened
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