Earthquake Review

Earthquake Review

9th Grade

15 Qs

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Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS2-3, MS-PS4-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Most major damage from earthquakes in the United States is likely to occur

at a divergent boundary only.

at a convergent boundary only.

at a mid ocean ridge and a divergent plate boundary.

at a transform plate boundary and a hot spot.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Earthquakes can occur

at divergent plate boundaries only.

at transform boundaries only.

at convergent boundaries only.

at all plate boundaries.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which scale uses the measured strength of seismic waves?

Mercalli scale

Richter scale

Barometric scale

Bathroom scale

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which seismic station is closest to the epicenter of the earthquake?

A

B

C

They are all the same distance

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is true of P and S waves?

P-waves are push-pull; S-waves are side-to-side

P-waves are side-to-side; S-waves are push-pull

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which seismic station detected the first S-waves?

A

B

C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which seismic station measured the greatest difference between P-wave and S-wave arrival time?

A

B

C

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