Unit 3: Earthquakes

Movement at a fault does not produce a ___________.

• earthquake

• tsunami

• crustal plate

The greatest amount of earthquake damage is done by _______.

• P waves

• S waves

• L waves

The spot on the crust above the start of an earthquake is its ________.

• focus

• epicenter

• mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Richter Scale measures an earthquake's ___________.

• distance

• waves

• magnitude

Much volcanic and earthquake activity happens along the edges of ________.

• crustal plates

• batholiths

• continents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Scientists learned about the layers of the earth by studying _________.

• earthquake waves

• differences in volcanoes

• plate boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In which pair of terms can the first cause the second?

• earthquakes

  cause

  tsunamis

• cone volcanoes

  cause

  shield volcanoes

• L waves

  cause

  P waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The earthquake waves that arrive at a seismograph first are ________.

• P waves

• S waves

• L waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2