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Violent shaking from an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to move and cause a

• fault

• landslide

  
  

• tsunami

• sinkhole

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A tsunami can occur when there is vertical movement at a fault under

• a small inland lake

  
  

• the San Andreas Fault

  
  

• a mountain range

  
  

• the ocean floor

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Liquefaction occurs when

• loose, saturated sol turns into liquid that can't support buildings

  
  

• large waves wash over coastal area and destroys structures

  
  

• earthquakes occur in theocean and damage ships at sea

  
  

• mud slides downhill and buries buildings

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The moment magnitude is calculated using all of the following factors EXCEPT for the

• surface area of a fault

  
  

• average displacement along a fault

  
  

• magnitude of past earthquakes in the area

  
  

• rigidity of rock in the area

  
  

What measurement for earthquake do scientists use most often today?

• Seismic scale

  
  

• the Moment Magnitude Scale

  
  

• Richter scale

  
  

• Epicenter Magnitude scale

  
  

An earthquake’s magnitude is a measure of the

• damage it causes

  
  

• size of surface waves it produces

  
  

• amount of shaking it produces

  
  

• size of seismic waves it produces

  
  

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of S waves?

• They cannot be transmitted through water or air

  
  

• They travel more slowly than P waves

  
  

• They shake particles at right angles to their direction of travel

  
  

• They are also called longitudinal waves

  
  

A seismogram shows that P waves travel

• faster than S waves

  
  

• at the same speed as surface waves

  
  

• more slowly than S waves

  
  

• at the same speed as S waves

  
  

Most earthquakes are produced by the rapid release of which kind of energy stored in rock subjected to great forces?

• mechanical

  
  

• thermal

  
  

• elastic

• kinetic

What is an earthquake's epicenter?

• the place on the surface directly above the focus

• a spot halfway between the focus and the surface

• the spot below the focus

• any spot along the nearest fault