Earthquakes

Earthquakes happen at fault zones which are usually found near:

• meteor crater

• plate boundaries

• ice caps

• rivers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the name of the fault in our area?

• San Andreas

• Pollo Loco

• New Madrid

• El Sombrero

The sudden return of deformed rock to its original shape is called.

• Big Bang

• Elastic Rebound

• Stress Fault

• Unstrainification

Most Focus points are within how many kilometers from the crust?

• 10

• 35

• 53.6

• 70

What is the point on the Earth's surface directly over the focus called?

• triangulation

• overfocus

• epicenter

• fault

How do body waves and surface waves differ?

• body waves go into the earth surface waves do not

• surface waves go into the earth body waves do not

• they are exactly the same there is no difference

• surface waves can go through the inner core but body waves can’t

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What do P-waves do as they pass through each layer of the Earth’s interior?

• stop

• bend

• sing

• nothing at all

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which is bigger a P wave shadow zone or an S wave shadow zone?

• P wave shadow zone

• S wave shadow zone

Which of the following gets to the outer core but then stops?

• P- Wave

• S wave

• Love Wave

• Rayleigh wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The diagram represents a _________________ fault.

• normal

• reverse

• strike slip

• slipknot