Earthquake Epicenter

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Science
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10th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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12 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A seismic station that is 2400 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake records the arrival time of the first P-wave at 10:00:00 (hours: minutes: seconds). At what time did the first S-wave arrive at this station?
9:54:20
10:05:40
10:07:05
10:12:40
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which seismic station is closest to the epicenter of the earthquake?
A
B
C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which seismic station is furthest from the epicenter of the earthquake?
A
B
C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What is the difference in arrival times of the P and S waves?
5 min
1 min
4 min
6 min
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which seismic station is closest to the epicenter of the earthquake?
X
Y
Z
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which seismic station has the biggest difference in the P wave arrival time and the S wave arrival time?
X
Y
Z
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
How can you tell that location X is closest to the epicenter of the earthquake?
It has the biggest circle
It has the smallest circle
It is a circle on the map
It is located near the top right corner
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
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