Practice Questions - Earthquakes

Which of the following is a normal fault?

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Which of the following is compressional stress?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is shearing stress?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Convergent boundaries create lots of what type of stress?

• Compressional

• Tensional

• Shearing.

Which side of the fault is the foot wall?

• A

• B

Which kind of fault is a strike slip fault?

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True or False: The location of the epicenter of the earthquake tell scientists the depth below the surface that the earthquake happened.

• True

• False

What type of fault do you see in this image?

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of earthquake danger will cause buildings to sink into the earth?

• Ground shaking

• Liquefaction

• tsunami

• landslides

True or False: The surface waves cause the most damage in an earthquake.

• True

• False