Faults and Earthquakes

Which type of stress is associated with a strike-slip fault?

• Tension

• Eustress

• Shearing

• Compression

Which type of stress is associated with a normal fault?

• Tension

• Eustress

• Shearing

• Compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of stress is associated with a reverse fault?

• Tension

• Eustress

• Shearing

• Compression

What type of fault involves the hanging wall moving down and the footwall moving up as the crust moves towards each other?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike-Slip

• Tension

The ____________ is when the earth folds up into an arch.

• Tension

• Syncline

• Earthquake

• Anticline

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rocks on either side of this type of fault move past each other without much upward or downward movement.

• strike-slip fault

• normal fault

• reverse fault

__________________________ are the fastest of the seismic waves.

• primary waves

• secondary waves

• surface waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is this device?

• seismogram

• seismograph

• anemometer

• epicenter

• focus

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

In order to pinpoint an earthquake's epicenter, scientists need data from at least _______ seismographic stations

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Structures built on areas of wet soil are vulnerable to sinking or collapse during an earthquake. This is because the wet soils undergo _________________________ due to the shaking and vibration of an earthquake.

• focus

• epicenter

• magnitude

• liquefaction