Earthquakes Review

What is the name of the place within Earth where the earthquake begins?

• Focus

• Epicenter

• fault

• reverse

Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is called ______________

• fault

• compression

• shearing

• tension

A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move is called ___________

• stress

• compression

• dormat

• fault

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor is called __________________

• earthquake

• volcano

• tsunami

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

There are 3 types of stress:

• normal, compression, & shearing

• reverse, strike-slip, & normal

• reverse, shearing, & compression

• shearing, compression, tension

There are 3 types of faults:

• normal, reverse, & tension

• normal, reverse, & compression

• normal, reverse, & strike-slip

• normal, reverse, shearing

Which type of seismic wave causes rock to move back and forth?

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Surface wave

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of building would hold up best during an earthquake?

• Short buildings

• Medium buildings

• Tall buildings

• All buildings

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Body waves and surface waves are different because ...

• Body waves travel on Earth and surface waves travel through Earth

• Body waves travel through Earth and surface waves travel on Earth

• They are the same