Faults and Earthquakes

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?

• P Wave
• Rayleigh Wave
• S Wave
• Shear Wave

What type of boundary is shown in the image?

• convergent 
• divergent 
• transform 

Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?

• tension
• compression
• shearing

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire
• Ring of Lava
• Ring of Fire
• Circle of Magma

The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving apart

• tension
• compression
• shearing

The stress force that pulls plates past one another sideways is called

• shear
• compression
• tension

A fault caused by rocks moving together

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• slip strike fault