Earthquakes: Unit 9 Lesson 5

_______________ are ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth suddenly move and release energy

• normal faults

• reverse faults

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The ____________________ is a place within earth on a fault line where the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

• Focus

• epicenter

• earthquake

• p wave

The point on the surface of Earth, directly above the focus, is called the _____________________.

• surface focus

• epicenter

• fault line

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A ____________________ is where two or more tectonic plates meet.

• Plate edge

• Plate ridge

• Tectonic plate boundary

• Tectonic plate focus

A ____________________ is a break in earth's crust along which blocks of rock move.

• focus

• epicenter

• fissure

• fault

_____________________ is the process by which rock changes shape due to stress.

• morphology

• deformation

• folding

• fracture

___________________ is the return of rock back to its normal shape after elastic deformation.

• elastic rebound

• rebound

• snap rebound

• deformation rebound