Earthquakes and Faults

Earthquakes and Faults

6th - 8th Grade

21 Qs

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Earthquakes and Faults

Earthquakes and Faults

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-2, MS-PS4-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

21 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of stress is associated with a strike-slip fault?

Tension

Eustress

Shearing

Compression

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of stress is associated with a normal fault?

Tension

Eustress

Shearing

Compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which type of stress is associated with a reverse fault?

Tension

Eustress

Shearing

Compression

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which can be caused by a normal fault? (select all that apply)

Earthquake

Valley

Waterfall

Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What type of fault involves the hanging wall moving down and the footwall moving up as the crust moves towards each other?

Normal

Reverse

Strike-Slip

Tension

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What part of an earthquake occurs underground?

Focus

Epicenter

P Waves

S Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The ____________ is when the earth folds up into an arch.

Tension

Syncline

Earthquake

Anticline

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