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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe epicenter of an earthquake isThe point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occursThe seismic station closest to the earthquakeThe place where the greatest damage occursThe point on the surface directly above the focus
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Modified Mercalli scale rates the amount of damage from an earthquaketruefalse
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?P wavesS waves
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAn earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?it probably happened in an area with no peopleit was a fast earthquakebecause it damaged a lotimpossible to tell
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAn instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is aseismogramfocus seismic mapfocusseismograph
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTension stress will form what type of fault?Normal FaultStrike-slip faultReverse faultITsyour Fault
- 7. Multiple ChoiceCompression stress is known to causestrike-slip faultsnormal faultscompression faultsreverse faults
- 8. Multiple ChoiceMagnitude is a measure ofhow much magma is released from a volcanohow much energy is released from an earthquakethe distance from the midpoint to the crest of a wavethe thickness of a layer in Earth
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normal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault - 10. Multiple Choicesyncline foldanticline foldsyncline & anticline folds
- 11. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 12. Multiple Choicenormal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault
- 13. Multiple Choicesynclineanticline
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of mountain is formed by tension?fault block mountainfolded mountainvolcanic mountain
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?Divergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryConvergent Boundary
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