Earthquake NGSS

The point beneath the Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called ________

• A. Epicenter

• B. Fault

• C. Intensity

• D. Focus

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Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called _______

• A. Shearing

• B. Tension

• C. Compression

• D. Deformation

Because stress is a force, it _______.

• A. Takes energy to the rock

• B. Adds volume to the rock

• C. Adds energy to the rock

• D. Makes rock harde

Which scale would most likely be used tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?

• A. Mercalli Scale

• B. Richter Scale

• C. Seismograph

• D. Seismometer

Compared to P waves and S waves, Surface waves move _______.

• A. Faster

• B. Slower

• C. at the same rate

• D. farther from the epicenter

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Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?

• A. the arrival of surface waves

• B. liquefaction

• C. a tsunami

• D. aftershocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What does a seismograph record?

• A. the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake

• B. the speed of seismic waves

• C. the ground movements caused by seismic waves

• D. the location of the epicenter

If the Coast Guard warns a giant wave of water approaching the shore as a result of a major earthquake, they are warning of

• A. a tsunami

• B. aftershock

• C. liquefaction

• D. landslide

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The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is _____.

• A. run as fast as you can

• B. drop, cover, and hold

• C. go into the basement

• D. stand and stay under the tree

Geologists know that wherever plate movement stores energy in the rock along faults _______.

• A. earthquakes are not likely

• B. an earthquake is occuring

• C. earthquake are likely

• D. an earthquake could never occur

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