Earthquakes

Fault block mountains are created when a string of what occurs?

• normal faults
• reverse faults
• strike-slip faults
• folds

Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?

• tension
• compression
• shearing
• folding

The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the

• Richter scale
• moment magnitude scale
• Mercalli scale
• modified Mercalli scale

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

• aftershocks
• tsunamis
• liquefaction
• deformation

The type of seismic waves that arrive at a seismic station first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordian are called

• S waves
• surface waves
• tsunami waves
• primary waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?

• Richter scale
• moment magnitude scale
• Mercalli scale
• modified Mercalli scale

Tension causes what type of fault to form?

• folds
• reverse fault
• strike slip fault
• normal fault

At what plate boundary will a strike slip fault be found?

• divergent
• transform
• convergent
• all of them

Which type of seismic waves cause the most damage?

• P waves
• S waves
• surface waves
• tsunami waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of fault is shown in this picture?

• normal
• reverse
• strike slip
• tension

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4