Earthquakes!

What type of fault is this?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Totally my

• Strike-slip

Geologists use the moment magnitude scale to rate the total ___________ released by an earthquake.

• sound

• vibration

• magnitude

• energy

Which type of seismic wave causes the most damage during an earthquake?

• S-waves

• P-waves

• Surface waves

• Tidal waves

What boundary type is this?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

What type of boundary is this?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• no boundary

The Modified Mercalli scale rates the amount of ________ from an earthquake. It is all observation.

• damage

• shaking

• data

• waves

In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the..

• hanging wall

• reverse fault

• foot wall

• anticline

Which type of seismic wave can travel through both liquids and solids?

• Surface waves

• P-waves

• Rayleigh waves

• S-waves

P-waves squeeze rock. This is known as...

• compression

• thinning

• stretching

• shattering

These waves are the fastest.

• S-waves

• P-waves

• Surface waves

• Tidal