Earthquakes Quick Notes Lesson 2025

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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NGSS

MS-ESS3-2, MS-PS4-1, MS-ESS2-2

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21 Slides • 20 Questions

Multiple Choice

How do volcanoes start earthquakes?

Volcanoes start earthquakes by releasing gas into the atmosphere from the crater.

Volcanoes cause earthquakes by cooling lava rapidly as it leaves the crater.

Volcanoes trigger earthquakes by creating tsunamis in nearby oceans.

Volcanoes cause pressure in surrounding rocks due to rising magma.

Multiple Choice

lEarthquakes are randomly distributed over the globe.

True

False

Multiple Choice

What is the name of Mississippi's fault line?

New Madrid Fault Line

Charleston Fault Line

Hayward Fault Line

San Andreas Fault Line

Fill in the Blanks

______ causes the plates to get stuck, building ________ and when the pressure if ________, an earthquake occurs.

Match

Match the defintions with the terms.

The plate that doesn’t move during an Earthquake.

The plate that moves during an Earthquake.

The area along the break between two plates occurs.

It is in the surface of the Earth caused by the fault plane.

Foot Wall

Hanging Wall

Fault plane

Fault line

Match

Match the following

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

Strike-slip Fault

hanging wall moves down

hanging wall moves up

blocks move opposite of one another

Match

Match the following:

Normal Fault

Reverse (thrust) Fault

Strike-Slip Fault

Multiple Choice

Which type of wave arrives first during an earthquake?

Primary (p-wave) waves

Secondary (s-wave) waves

Surface Waves

Multiple Choice

Which Seismic Wave is pictured?

P-Wave

S-Wave

Surface Wave

Multiple Choice

Which type of Seismic Wave is pictured?

P-Wave

S-Wave

Surface Wave

Multiple Choice

Which is the location of an earthquake ON EARTH'S SURFACE?

Landslide

Seismic

Epicenter

Focus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statement correctly identifies the focus and epicenter of an earthquake in the given illustration?

Point A is the focus and Point B is the epicenter.

Point A is the epicenter and Point C is the focus

Point A is the epicenter and Point B is the focus.

Point A is the focus and Point C is the epicenter.

Match

Match the following.

Focus

Epicenter

Wave

Energy starts here.

Energy ends here.

Transfers the energy.

Multiple Choice

Describe the moment magnitude scale, and explain why it is useful in measuring earthquakes.

It measures nearby earthquakes.

It measures earthquakes total energy of earthquakes near or far

It tells us how dangerous an earthquake was

It measures the size of the largest wave.

Multiple Choice

Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

New York, NY

Nome, Alaska

Guadalajara, Mexico

Multiple Choice

Earthquake A has a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale.

Earthquake B is 10 times as powerful as Earthquake A.

What is the magnitude of Earthquake B?

15.4

5.5

6.4

Multiple Choice

These seismic waves are slower and arrive last but causes severe damage:

p-waves

s-waves

surface waves

z-waves

Multiple Choice

How are tsunamis generated according to the lesson?

By strong winds over the ocean

When earthquakes under the ocean floor displace the ocean floor rock and then displace the water on top

By sudden changes in atmospheric pressure

By volcanic eruptions under the sea

Multiple Choice

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

aftershocks

tsunamis

liquefaction

deformation

Match

Match the type of earthquake damage to its description.

Shaking

Liquefaction

Aftershocks

Tsunamis

Vibrations caused by seismic waves

Soil losing strength and behaving like a liquid

Secondary tremors following the main shock

Large ocean waves caused by underwater earthquakes

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