Vocabulary Set 3

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6th Grade
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Ingrid Roberts
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a smaller earthquake that follows a more powerful earthquake in the same area.
Aftershock
Epicenter
Fault
Focus
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Convergent Boundary?
occurs where plates move apart.
occurs where plates push together.
the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
in an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a property of matter representing the mass per unit volume.
Pressure
Temperature
Convection currents
Density
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a Divergent Boundary?
occurs where plates push together.
occurs when plates slide past each other
occurs where plates move apart.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rocks along a fault.
Tsunami
Volcano
Earthquake
Boomerang
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
Epicenter
Epiclastic
Fault
Subduction
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
in an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.
Focus
Fault
Epicenter
Tsunami
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