Earthquake/Volcanoes Study Guides

Stress that pushes a mass of rock together is called

• shearing

• tension

• compression

• creation

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

• hanging wall

• reverse fault

• foot wall

• normal fault

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?

• shearing

• tension

• compression

• creation

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

• foot wall

• focus

• syncline

• epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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 wave

• Surface wave

• P wave

• seismic wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

S waves are also known as

• Surface wave

• Primary wave

• Secondary wave

• Seismic wave

Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other

• the Richter scale

• the Mercalli scale

• the moment magnitude scale

• Seismic wave scale

What does a seismograph record?

• the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake

• the speed of seismic waves

• the ground movements caused by seismic waves

• the distance a seismic travels

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called

• aftershock

• stress

• fiction

• gravity

What type of earthquake wave can travel through both liquids and solids?

• P waves

• S waves

• Surface wave

• focus waves