Earthquakes Fall 2021

Earthquakes Fall 2021

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20 Qs

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Earthquakes Fall 2021

Earthquakes Fall 2021

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the name of the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake? Reperesented by letter S

Epicenter

Focus

Fault

Plate

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Epicenter

Fault

Magma chamber

Caldera

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries where plates pull apart?

tension

compression

shear

transform

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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At a normal fault the ______________ is on the higher plate

hanging wall

footwall

mantle

boundary

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a reverse fault the ______________ moves up, relative to the footwall, due to ____________ between the two plates.

hanging wall, tension

footwall, tension

hanging wall, compression

hanging wall, shearing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earthquakes begin as breaks in which layer of the Earth

Crust

Inner Core

Outer Core

Mantle

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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When plates break or slip past each other they form these

folded mountains

trenches

fault lines

volcanoes

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