Earthquakes

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Science
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6th - 8th Grade
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Sarah Travers
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What kind of fault is this, and how do rocks on either side move?
It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.
It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.
It is a reverse fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.
It is a strike-slip fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What kind of fault is this, and how do rocks on either side move?
It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.
It is a normal fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.
It is a reverse fault, and the hanging wall is pushed up the footwall.
It is a strike-slip fault, and the hanging wall slips down the footwall.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the strike-slip fault that runs through California?
The Palm Springs Fault
The San Francisco Fault
The San Diego Fault
The San Andreas Fault
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do reverse faults form on?
TENSION and CONVERGENT
SHEARING and TRANSFORM
COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT
TENSION and DIVERGENT
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do strike-slip faults form on?
TENSION and CONVERGENT
SHEARING and TRANSFORM
COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT
TENSION and DIVERGENT
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What kind of STRESS and BOUNDARY do normal faults form on?
TENSION and CONVERGENT
SHEARING and TRANSFORM
COMPRESSION and CONVERGENT
TENSION and DIVERGENT
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is this a picture of?
Anticline
Syncline
Plateau
Seismogram
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