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- 1. Multiple Choice
The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface is called an
relapse
seismograph
seimometer
earthquake
- 2. Multiple Choice
Earthquakes are caused by the forces of ___________ movement.
Water
gravitational
plate
forest
- 3. Multiple Choice
The epicenter of an earthquake is ________ the focus
above
under
beside
next to
- 4. Multiple Choice
These waves are the fastest.
S-waves
P-waves
Surface waves
Tidal
- 5. Multiple Choice
The Modified Mercalli scale rates the amount of ________ from an earthquake. It is all observation.
damage
shaking
data
waves
- 6. Multiple Choice
Seismic waves are _______ that are similar to sound waves.
ripples
sounds
vibrations
echos
- 7. Multiple Choice
The ______________of an earthquake is the point where rock under stress begins to break or move. It is under the surface of the earth.
epicenter
focus
magnitude
scale
- 8. Multiple Choice
Geologists use the moment magnitude scale to rate the total ___________ released by an earthquake.
sound
vibration
magnitude
energy
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of fault is this?
Normal
Reverse
Strike-slip
Notmy
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of fault is this?
Normal
Reverse
Totally my
Strike-slip
- 11. Multiple Choice
P-waves squeeze rock. This is known as...
compression
thinning
stretching
shattering
- 12. Multiple Choice
What type of stress happens at a divergent boundary?
compression
tension
shear
- 13. Multiple Choice
Find the normal fault!
- 14. Multiple Choice
Find the reverse fault!
- 15. Multiple Choice
In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the..
hanging wall
reverse fault
foot wall
anticline
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