Chapter 9 - lesson 1 Quiz review

Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along faults.

• transform

• earthquakes

• strike-slip

• seismometer

The deepest earthquakes occur at ___________ boundaries

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes that occur at continent to continent boundaries happen at _________________ depths.

• varying

• deep

• shallow

Force applied to rock causing it to bend or break is known as _____________.

• fracture

• fault

• rock deformation

• convergence

Shallow earthquakes occur along the mid-ocean ridge system.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two blocks of rock sliding horizontally past one another is a __________________ fault.

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

Identify the fault

• normal

• reverse

• strike-slip

The fastest seismic wave are _______________.

• primary waves

• secondary waves

• surface waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Identify the wave depicted.

• primary

• secondary

• surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

_____________ waves only travel through solids.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Surface