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

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

Tension causes what type of fault to form?

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

Which type of seismic waves cause the most damage?

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

crack with movement

• focus

• joint

• fault

• epicenter

back and forth motion

• S-wave

• P-wave

• elastic rebounding

• L-wave

side to side motion

• L-wave

• S-wave

• P-wave

• focus

where quake begins on surface

• epicenter

• joint

• fault

• focus