Faults

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

• syncline

• footwall

• epicenter

• focus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• an aftershock

• friction

• convection

• stress

a break in the Earth's crust along which rocks move

• fault

• deformation

• intrusion

• extrusion

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, _____________________.

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

• the continents do not move

• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a __________________.

• landform

• continent

• fossil

• landmass

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?

• satellites

• deep-sea diving

• submarines

• sonar

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a ___________________.

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• rift valley

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep-ocean trench

• rift valley

• mountain range

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

In a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways.

• true

• false

With the range of data available, geologists cannot predict exactly where and when earthquakes will occur.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2