Earthquake Causes and Effects

Earthquake Causes and Effects

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Earthquake Causes and Effects

Earthquake Causes and Effects

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

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

Standards-aligned

Created by

Laura Mulligan

Used 11+ times

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10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift?

Alfred Wegener

Isaac Franco

Albert Einstein

Isaac Newton

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes can be caused by what events? Select all that apply

Stress released at plate boundaries

Volcanic Activity

Mine blasts

Nuclear bombs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the waves released by an earthquake called?

Gnarly waves bro

seismic waves

sizeable waves

earth shakeys

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If we said an earthquake was a 5.0, what are we talking about?

The location of the earthquake

The damage done by an earthquake

The magnitude or strength of an earthquake

It was a fun one, lets ride it again!

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes can trigger what activity? Select two

Landslides

Rainstorms

Windstorms

Tsumnamis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A major earthquake must be higher than what on the Richter scale?

6

7

1

4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of scientists studies earthquakes and earth movements?

Biologist

Seismologist

Astronomer

Chemist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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