Earthquake Vocabulary Quiz

A small earthquake that happens after a bigger one.

• epicenter

• aftershock

• earthquake

• hazard

A sudden shaking movement of the ground.

• aftershock

• foreshock

• magnitude

• earthquake

The area of land directly over the center of an earthquake.

• epicenter

• medium

• aftershock

• Richter scale

The strength of an earthquake; measured with numbers from 1 to 10, where 10 is the most powerful.

• hypocenter

• tremors

• magnitude

• foreshock

An instrument that is used to measure the strength of earthquakes.

• scale

• triple beam balance

• thermometer

• seismograph

A break or fracture in Earth's crust along which movement has taken place.

• fault

• shock wave

• tsunami

• tremors

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A destructive ocean wave created by an earthquake or other large-scale disturbance of the ocean floor; a seismic sea wave.

• thunderstorm

• tsunami

• blizzard

• earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The scientific study of earthquakes.

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Seismology

• Psychology

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Shake; small vibration

• tremor

• jossil

• wave

• shock

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A risk; an object or situation that holds the possibility of injury or damage.

• fault

• hypocenter

• foreshock

• hazard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2