Earthquakes

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8th Grade
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Caitlin Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Vibrations caused when stress makes rocks pass their elastic limit.
epicenter
Earthquake
strike-slip
surface wave
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The fault where forces are pulling apart.
Strike-slip
Reverse
Normal
divergent
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This instrument is used to record seismic waves
Seismograph
Seismogram
Seismologist
Seismologic
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Type of wave that causes particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction as the wave
love
secondary
surface
primary
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The type of waves that make particles move at right angles to the direction of the wave
secondary
love
primary
surface
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The point on earth's surface about the focus
strike-slip fault
secondary
epicenter
focus
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The amount of energy released by an earthquake is a measure of what?
focus
epicenter
force
magnitude
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
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