Fault Lines

Which government agency is responsible for studying the movements of faults and earthquakes?

• DOH

• DepEd

• PAGASA

• PHIVOLCS

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For instance, your house is near a fault, which of the following are you going to consider doing?

• inform your parents about it and evacuate immediately

• inform the PHIVOLCS to monitor your house daily

• tell your parents to construct a big house

• take a selfie of the fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earthquakes usually occur along ________________.

• active faults

• between rock layers

• earth's surface

• inactive faults

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Earthquakes happen along a fault line. Which of the following is NOT true about faults?

• It is where fault cyclone starts.

• It is a break in the Earth’s crust

• It can be found under the sea.

• It can be found on land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What Philippine Agency is concerned in monitoring fault movement?

• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS)

• Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)

It is the surface along which the slip or movement occurs during an earthquake.

It is a type of fault where stress squeezed rocks due to compression, the hanging wall will move up relative to the foot wall.

• Normal Fault

• Thrust Fault

• Reverse Fault

• Strike-slip Fault

Earthquakes can happen when the strain on weak rocks forces them break and fracture.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Faults are only found near the edges of tectonic plates.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is a fault line?

• A break in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other

• A line of volcanoes

• A type of weather pattern

• A riverbed

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2