Earth Science Chpt 6 -Earthquakes

Which of these can cause earthquakes?

• Slipping of a fault

• eruption of a volcano

• a landslide

• all of the above

Which of these is an example involving the stress force known as tension?

• the force a rock exerts as it strikes a roadway after tumbling down a hill

• the force a rock climber exerts on the rope as he rappels down a cliff

• the sliding a two layers of rock across each other during a mudslide

• the rolling of a rock along the bottom of a raging river

Subduction would most likely be occurring at a _____ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• normal

• transform

What is the major difference between a fault and a joint.

• faults are always bigger than joints

• It is always your fault!

• faults involve visible movement of rocks but joints do not

Most major faults in the United States are found in

• coastal plains

• inland prairies

• mountain ranges

• southwestern deserts

Which of these statements is true?

• A locked fault must be a dip-slip fault

• a reverse fault is a type of dip-slip fault

• a normal fault is a type of strike-slip fault

• a transform fault is a type of dip-slip fault

What is the name of the longest strike-slip fault in southern California?

• Los Angeles Fault

• New Madrid Fault

• San Andreas Fault

• San Mateo Fault

Secondary, smaller earthquakes that result from a major earthquake are called?

• aftershocks

• strike slips

• dip slips

• epicenters

Certain types of seismic waves travel

• only on the earth's surfice

• through the earth, but not the one core

• through the earth, including the core

• in all of these ways

Rayleigh waves and love waves are both examples of

• P waves

• princess wave

• surface waves

• tremor waves