Science 7 - Eathquake

It refers to the area beneath Earth’s surface where rock under stress breaks and causes an earthquake? It is where the earthquake starts.

• Focus

• Earthquake

• Plates

The Earth’s outer layer that is divided into many sections.

• Focus

• Earthquake

• Plates

It refers to the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface.

• Focus

• Earthquake

• Plates

It refers to the thickest layer of the earth.

• Fault

• Strike slip fault

• Mantle

It refers to the fracture or cracking the Earth's crust where movement occurs.

• Fault

• Strike slip fault

• Mantle

A fault type that caused by horizontal shearing forces, where rocks slide past each other.

• Fault

• Strike slip fault

• Mantle

A type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Crust

A type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Crust

It refers to the thinnest layer of the Earth, where man is also found.

• Reverse fault

• Normal fault

• Crust

It refers to the Earth's thin outer shell broken into big pieces like a puzzle that fit together but they're not stuck in one place.

• Seismologist

• Epicenter

• Tectonic Plates