Chapter 4 - Earthquakes - Pre Test

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called

• shearing

• tension

• compression

• deformation

Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?

• the arrival of surface waves

• a tsunami

• convection

• aftershocks

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In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the

• hanging wall

• footwall

• anticline

• reverse fault

In a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little

• noise.

• shaking.

• up or down movement.

• movement.

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?

• compression

• tension

• shearing

• deformation

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called a(n)

• anticline.

• syncline.

• plateau.

• canyon.

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a

• syncline.

• plateau.

• canyon.

• fault.

The point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the

• syncline

• focus

• footwall

• epicenter

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The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called

• S Waves

• P Waves

• Mercalli Waves

• Surface waves

The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the

• Richter Scale.

• Mercalli Scale

• mechanical seismograph scale.

• moment magnitude scale.