Chapter 4 Test

the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is a(n) ___________.

• focus
• surface wave
• earthquake
• magnitude

Earthquakes are caused by

• glacier deposits
• plate movement
• sea floor spreading
• seismographs

__________ are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying energy released by an earthquake.

• Seismic waves
• Focus
• Eipcenter
• Compressions

The ______ is the area beneath Earth's surface where rock that was under stress begins to break or move.

• epicenter
• focus
• seismograph
• p wave

The point on the surface directly above the focus is called the ________.

• seismic wave
• focus
• epicenter
• fault

Earthquakes are predictable.

• True
• False

The shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is called an earthquake.

• True
• False

Earthquakes are caused by the forces of mountain movement.

• True
• False

The epicenter of an earthquake is below the focus.

• True
• False

P waves can become surface waves when they reach Earth's surface.

• True
• False