Earthquake Vocabulary

What is the study of earthquakes?

• earthquakology

• plate tectonicology

• seismology

• volcanology

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an earthquake wave that travels on or near the surface of the earth?

• surface wave

• body wave

• P wave

• S wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is a secondary earthquake wave that travels slower called?

• S wave

• P wave

• surface wave

• body wave

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an earthquake wave that travels through the body of the earth?

• P wave

• body wave

• surface wave

• S wave

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is a series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes called?

• storm surge

• rip current

• tsunami

• massive flooding

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an earthquake wave that happens before the main shock of an earthquake?

• foreshock

• P wave

• aftershock

• S wave

Rock becomes _________ and changes shape of the ground along a fault due to the stress.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

After a sudden snap in the earthquake, the rock returns back to its original shape.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Use the diagram to answer #12

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Use the diagram to answer #13

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus