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WorksheetsEarthquake Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 31mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which type of wave arrives to a point first?
a)
Primary Waves (P-Waves)
b)
Secondary Waves (S-Waves)
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
2.
Which classification of wave does the most damage?
a)
Body Waves
b)
Mega Waves
c)
Surface Waves
d)
Love Waves
3.
We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes
a)
Seismographs
b)
magnitude
c)
actual magnitude
d)
sonograph
4.
This is the type of plate boundary when two plates run into each other or on top of each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
5.
This is the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
6.
This is the type of plate boundary where two plates slip past each other
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
7.
When plates break or slip past each other they form these
a)
mountains
b)
tectonic plates
c)
Fault lines
d)
earthquakes
8.
This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins
a)
epicenter
b)
focus
c)
fault line
d)
tectonic plate
9.
This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts
a)
focus
b)
epicenter
c)
p waves
d)
plate boundary
10.
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
11.
Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
12.
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
13.
When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?
a)
strike-slip
b)
normal
c)
reverse
14.
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.
a)
normal, divergent, tension
b)
reverse, convergent, shearing
c)
strike-slip, transform, compression
15.
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
16.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
17.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
18.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
19.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
20.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
21.
The Modified Mercalli scale rates the amount of damage from an earthquake
a)
true
b)
false
22.
Magnitude is a measure of
a)
how much magma is released from a volcano
b)
how much energy is released from an earthquake
c)
the distance from the midpoint to the crest of a wave
d)
the thickness of a layer in Earth
23.
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is a(n) _____________.
a)
anticline
b)
syncline
24.
a)
syncline
b)
anticline
25.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
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