What Are Earthquakes? 7.1

The branch of Earth science dedicated to studying earthquakes is called

• anthology

• quakology

• seismology

• biology

Tectonic plates are giant masses of solid rock that make up

• the innermost part of the Earth

• the mantle of the Earth

• the outermost part of the Earth

• the folds in the Earth

The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress is called

• seismology

• deformation

• seismic waves

• elastic rebond

Which type of waves always travel ahead of other waves?

• seismic waves

• elastic rebound waves

• S waves

• P waves

A break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to one another is called a(n)

• deformation

• seismic wave

• fault

• S wave

A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions is called

• seismic waves

• S wave

• P wave

• seismology

What is a seismic wave that causes particles to rock to move in a side-to-side motion?

• elastic rebound

• seismic wave

• P wave

• S wave

Most earthquakes occur at the edge of

• elastic deformation

• shear waves

• tectonic plates

• earthquake zones

The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape is called

• deformation

• elastic rebound

• seismic waves

• seismology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All of the following are types of plate motion EXCEPT

• rebound motion

• convergent motion

• divergent motion

• transform motion