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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is called...EarthquakeFocusEpicenterSeismic Waves
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake?FocusEpicenterMercalli wavesSeismic waves
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSeismic waves that compress and expand are...Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe area beneath Earth's surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move is called the...FocusEpicenterEarthquakeSeismic wave
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus known as...Primary pointEpicenterMercalli areaSeismic point
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMoves more slowly than the other two waves...Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe first waves to arrive at a seismograph station...Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThese waves vibrate from side to side OR up and down...Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich wave cannot travel through liquids?Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThese waves can make the ground roll like ocean waves...Primary WavesSecondary WavesSurface WavesMercalli Waves
- 11. Multiple ChoiceType of stress that occurs when two plates pull apart...CompressionTensionShearingTorsion
- 12. Multiple ChoiceType of stress that occurs when two plates push together...CompressionTensionShearingTorsion
- 13. Multiple ChoiceType of stress pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions past each other...CompressionTensionShearingTorsion
- 14. Multiple ChoiceType of stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle...CompressionTensionShearingTorsion
- 15. Multiple ChoiceType of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks...CompressionTensionShearingTorsion
- 16. Multiple ChoiceShearing produces this fault...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIn this type of fault, the hanging wall slides down the footwall...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 18. Multiple ChoiceIn this fault the hanging wall moves up...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 19. Multiple ChoiceFault produced by compression...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis fault is formed when rock is pulled apart by tension...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe San Andreas Fault is this type of fault...Normal FaultReverse FaultStrike-slip FaultThrust Fault
- 22. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. The epicenter of an earthquake is below the focus.TrueFalse
- 23. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. P waves can become surface waves when they reach Earth's surface.TrueFalse
- 24. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. When enough stress builds up in rock, the rock breaks, creating a fault.TrueFalse
- 25. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. Seismic waves are vibrations similar to sound waves.TrueFalse
- 26. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. Seismic waves carry energy released from an earthquake.TrueFalse
- 27. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. Forces created by plate movements are examples of stress.TrueFalse
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhen an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel...only through the hanging wallonly through the footwalloutward from the focusinward to the epicenter
- 29. Multiple ChoiceIn a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side slip past each other sideways with littlenoiseshakingup or down motionmovement
- 30. Multiple ChoiceS waves are also known asprimary wavessecondary wavessurface wavesfocus waves
- 31. Multiple ChoiceCompared to P and S waves, surface waves movefasterslowerat the same ratetowards the epicenter
- 32. Multiple ChoiceMost earthquakes originate in thelithosphereasthenosphereouter coreinner core
- 33. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False. The closer you are to an epicenter, the greater the time difference between P and S waves.TrueFalse
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