REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Earthquakes

REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Earthquakes

7th - 10th Grade

10 Qs

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REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Earthquakes

REVIEW ASSESSMENT: Earthquakes

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS1-5, HS-PS4-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ella Aguirre

Used 14+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The point within the earth where an earthquake rupture starts

Earthquake

Epicenter

Focus

Intensity

Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth's rocks

Earthquake

Epicenter

Focus

Intensity

Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Describes the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface and on humans and their structures

Earthquake

Epicenter

Intensity

Magnitude

Primary Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Fastest kind of seismic wave, and, consequently, the first to 'arrive' at a seismic station

Intensity

Magnitude

Primary Wave

Secondary Wave

Rayleigh Wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake

Epicenter

Hypocenter

Intensity

Magnitude

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Seismologists are the scientists who study earthquakes and seismic waves.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

A number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake

Epicenter

Focus

Intensity

Magnitude

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