EarthQuakes Pre/Post Test

Can you predict an Earthquake?

• Yesn't

• No.

• Yes

• wait what's the answer?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the three main types of faults?

• Strike-slip faults

• My faults

• Normal Faults

• Reverse Faults

Magma leaves a volcano through a 

• dike
• sill
• vent

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is magma called when it reaches the surface of Earth?

• Lava

• viscosity

• toxic gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Is the epicenter or the focus found on the surface of the Earth?

• Epicenter

• Focus

Faults are caused by

• pressure build up along plate boundaries

• magnetic field

• large amounts of nickel and iron in the inner core

• magnetic polarity shifts over millions of years

What are two Characteristics of P waves?

• Fastest type of seismic wave

• Not Compressible

• Can move through solids liquids and gases

• Slowest type of Seismic Wave

• Can only move through liquids

The Image above best represents a

• S waves

• Surface Wave

• P wave

• Micro wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which of the following is not a type of seismic wave

• S waves

• P waves

• Surface waves

• Micro waves

Where an earthquake happens on a map, from a "birds-eye" would be known as the earthquake's ____________, where the location that the earthquake happened underground would be known as the ________________.

• epicenter, focus

• coordinates, magnitude

• focus, epicenter

• magnitude, focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2