Earthquakes Regents

Which type of seismic wave can travel all the way from on side of the Earth to the other?

• P-Waves

• S-Waves

• L-Waves (Surface Waves)

• None

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What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

• Fujita scale

• Richter scale

• Damage scale

• NASA scale

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Can earthquakes be predicted

• Yes

• No

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Scientists who study earthquakes are called

• Seismologists

• Geologists

• Biologists

• Astronomer

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The crust is broken into many peices called ...

• plates

• ashes

• countries

• boundries

Earthquakes are caused when:

• Pressure builds up along a fault line where 2 tectonic plates meet. 

• The release of this energy along the fault causes an earthquake.

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Use the diagram to answer #12

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Many fault lines are obvious at the surface. How can the epicenter of an earthquake be located miles away from the fault line?

• The epicenter is the place of greatest damage, and it can be miles from the site of the earthquake.

• The earthquake happened at a place where there is no fault, so the epicenter is not near a fault line.

• Some large earthquakes have more than one epicenter, and these epicenters can be far from the fault line.

• The fault line does not extend straight down from the surface, so the focus is not directly beneath the point where the fault reaches the surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Use the diagram to answer #11

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?

• The rock in the interior of a tectonic plate is stronger, so it does not deform.

• Earthquakes take place where the motion of tectonic plates transfers energy to rock.

• Earthquakes can only occur at places where magma can reach the surface and transfer energy to rocks.

• Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another plate, which happens only at plate boundaries.

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