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WorksheetsGeology Part 3 Earthquakes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a fault
a)
Break/Crack were movement occurs
b)
Collision of crust that breaks rock layers
c)
Shaking of the earth’s crust from a sudden release of energy.
d)
An instrument used to measure the shaking caused by an earthquake.
2.
What is a fold
a)
Compression forces to cause crust to move up
b)
Collision of crust bends rock layers.
c)
Crust moves alongside each other in opposite directions
d)
A thing you do with paper
3.
What type of fault has the stress of shearing
a)
Transform fault
b)
Strikes slip fault
c)
Reverse fault
d)
Normal fault
4.
What fold has the oldest layer at the core
a)
fold
b)
Syncline
c)
Anticline
5.
What type of fault has the stress of compression
a)
Reverse fault
b)
strike slip fault
6.
What is the study of earthquakes
a)
volcanology
b)
Geology
c)
Seismology
d)
Colubusology
7.
What instrument do you use to measure shaking of earth quake
a)
seismograph
b)
calculator
c)
ruler
d)
P seismic wave scale
8.
The point on the earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus.
a)
fault
b)
strike slip
c)
focus
d)
epicenter
9.
Which one is a stronger wave
a)
s wave
b)
p wave
10.
What is an earthquake
a)
The flow after a fault has been cracked
b)
Shaking of the earth’s crust from a sudden release of energy.
c)
The shaking after a valcano
d)
The shaking after a transform boundary
11.
What fold is the fold that folds downward
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
12.
What fold is the fold that folds upward
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
13.
An ocean wave generated by submarine earthquake, volcano or landslide.
a)
Tsunami
b)
Earthquake
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
14.
A wave that moves lateral
a)
P wave
b)
S wave
15.
A wave that moves back and forth
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
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