Review: Earthquakes

What part of an earthquake occurs underground?

• Focus

• Epicenter

• P Waves

• S Waves

The scale that measures an earthquake based on its magnitude is called the

• Richter Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Mercalli Scale

• Big Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The scale that measures an earthquake based on its type of damage is called:

• Richter Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Mercalli Scale

• Big Scale

The epicenter of an earthquake is the...

• area on the surface directly above the breaking point

• where a rock under stress breaks

• seismic waves that carry energy across the crust

• the shaking of the ground caused by sudden movement of rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Forces that changes rock shape or volume is called

• tension

• compression

• stress

A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move is called ___________

• stress

• compression

• dormat

• fault

Which of the following conditions is involved in producing earthquakes?

• Plate movement forms faults
•  Faults store energy
• Plates release energy as they slide against each other.
• All of the Above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released
• the movement of plates
• the strength of an earthquake
• the weight of tectonic plates