Earthquakes

a process by which water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength and acts as a fluid. This effect can be caused by earthquake shaking.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of plate boundary is associated with the largest earthquakes?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of fault is associated with the largest earthquakes?

• Reverse (thrust)

• Normal

• Strike-slip

These may travel as fast as jet planes over deep waters, only slowing down when reaching shallow waters.

• tsunami waves

• fires

• liquefaction

• surface waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which building material would be best for Earthquake damage mitigation:

Groups:

(a) Good materials

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(b) Bad materials

• Wood

• Adobe

• Stone

• Steel

• Brick

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

A secondary earthquake hazard that occurs because of burst gas lines, candles and lamps toppling over:

In San Francisco, 1906, up to 90% of building damage, after the earthquake, was attributed to:

Which of the following are the three (3) large zones of Earthquakes:

• Circum-Pacific seismic belt

• Alpine-Himalayan belt

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• New Madrid Fault

• Caribbean island Fault system

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A region where two tectonic plates are spreading apart (a divergent plate boundary), deep underwater and far from human development, except for Iceland.

• Circum-Pacific seismic belt

• Alpine-Himalayan belt

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• New Madrid Fault

• Caribbean island Fault system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3