Earthquake and seismic waves

What is the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

• epicenter

• earthquake

• richter

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

_____________________ is the stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.

• compression

• tension

• shearing

• faults

An ____________________ can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake.

• aftershock

• fault

• epicenter

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

In a ____________ fault the foot-wall is the part of the fault that lies below the other part. It is the type of fault that is caused by tension.

• shearing

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

In a __________________ , the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion.

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

• compressions

What type of stress force produces reverse faults?

• strike-slip

• compression

• tension

• focus

The stress force that pulls on the crust where two plates are moving apart is called ________________.

• compression

• tension

• shearing

• fault

A ________________ uses a pen to record the drum’s vibrations.

• seismograph

• P wave

• S wave

• Mercalli Scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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

• P

• S

• E

• A

In a ____________________the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways.

• reverse fault

• normal fault

• strike-slip