Warm-up: Rock Deformation and Earthquake Evidence

S-waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

• All of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The boundary between the Earth's crust and asthenosphere:

• Lithosphere

• Moho

• Strike - slip

• Troposphere

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• outer core
• inner core
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• the crust
• the mantle
• the outer core
• the inner core

What is the core made of?

• steel
• iron 
• aluminum
• iron and nickel

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Which crust is thicker

• oceanic

• continental

• bread

• pizza

Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.

• tension

• compression

• stress

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.

• tension

• compressions

• stress

What type of stress causes these folds?

• compression
• shearing
• tension