EARTHQUAKES

What kind of fault results in a horizontal shift?

• Strike-slip

• Normal

• Reverse

• Compression

What type of stress/force causes a strike-slip fault?

• Compression

• Tension

• Shear

• Reverse

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A tension force resulting in a vertical change results in what type of fault?

• Strike-slip

• Normal

• Reverse

• Compression

Earthquakes are caused by all of the following EXCEPT what?

• Movement along faults

• Movement of magma (volcanic)

• Tsunamis

• Volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Faults are what?

• Cracks along which rocks slide

• The force causing the crust to move

• The stress/force causing plates to move

• Earth's movement either vertically or horizontally

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Vibrations within the earth that cause earthquakes are called?

• Seismic Waves

• Radio Waves

• Tidal Waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The ___________________ is the location of where the earthquake happened.

• Epicenter

• Shadow Zone

• Focus or Hypocenter

_______________ waves are the most destructive.

• P-waves

• L-waves

• S-waves

• Radio waves

___________________ are shakes that occur before an earthquake.

• P-waves

• L-waves

• aftershock

• foreshock

This wave moves the fastest of all wave types and can travel through solids & liquids.

• P-waves

• L-waves

• S-waves

• Surface waves