3/3-3/8 Vocabulary

What is the term for the large sections of Earth's outer layer that fit together like a puzzle?

• Earth's crust

• Seismic waves

• Tectonic plates

• Seismograph

Which word means "hot, liquid rock"?

• Rubble

• Molten

• Billowing

• Wrenching

What is the name for the outer layer of the Earth?

• Seismograph

• Magnitude

• Molten core

• Earth's crust

Which term describes the strength or size of an earthquake?

• Magnitude

• Seismic waves

• Perspective

• Integrate

What instrument measures and records earthquake movements?

• Tectonic plates

• Seismograph

• Earth's crust

• Magnitude meter

What are the energy waves that travel through Earth during an earthquake?

• Molten waves

• Tectonic waves

• Seismic waves

• Sound waves

Which word means "twisting or pulling forcefully"?

• Wrenching

• Quelling

• Magnitude

• Integrate

What word means "in a threatening or worrying way"?

• Dementedly

• Ominously

• Subjective

• Integrate

Which word means "releasing or letting out"?

• Quelling

• Discharging

• Wrenching

• Lurching

What word means "moving suddenly or unsteadily"?

• Billowing

• Wrenching

• Lurching

• Quelling