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Earthquakes

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

break in rock caused by tension forces, where rock above the fault surface (hanging rock aka hanging wall) moves away and down from the main rock (foot rock aka foot wall)

a)

Normal Fault

b)

Reverse / thrust fault

c)

Strike-Sip / lateral fault

d)

Divergent fault

2.

Which boundary creates a normal fault?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

3.

A fault where the hanging wall slides up

a)

reverse / thrust fault

b)

strike-slip / lateral fault

c)

normal fault

4.

Which boundary creates a revers / thrust fault?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

5.

Two sides of the fault slide against each other horizontally.

a)

reverse / thrust fault

b)

strike-slip / lateral fault

c)

normal fault

6.

Which boundary creates a strike-slip / lateral fault.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

7.

The point underground where stress first causes the ground to break.

a)

focus

b)

epi center

8.

The point on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

a)

focus

b)

epi center

9.

The planar (flat) surface along which there is a slip during an earthquake.

a)

reverse / thrust fault

b)

strike-slip / lateral fault

c)

normal fault

d)

fault slip

10.

waves that travel from the focus through the body of the earth (underground)

a)

body waves

b)

primary waves aka P waves

c)

secondary waves aka S waves

d)

surface waves

11.

travel through the body of the earth (body waves), arrive first, push and pull what they travel through, can go through solid rock and liquid magma.

a)

body waves

b)

primary waves aka P waves

c)

secondary waves aka S waves

d)

surface waves

12.

Why do P waves travel faster?

a)

can travel through the body of the earth - can go through solid rock and liquid magma

b)

they move material up and down; can go through rock but not liquid magma (1/2 of the speed of P waves

c)

they are waves that travel from the epicenter across the earth's surface

d)

always arrive after body waves; die out faster (travel less) than body waves; slower than body waves; more damaging than body waves.

13.

Which describes secondary waves aka S waves?

a)

can travel through the body of the earth - can go through solid rock and liquid magma

b)

they move material up and down; can go through rock but not liquid magma (1/2 of the speed of P waves

c)

they are waves that travel from the epicenter across the earth's surface

d)

always arrive after body waves; die out faster (travel less) than body waves; slower than body waves; more damaging than body waves.

14.

Which describes surface waves? Select all that apply.

a)

can travel through the body of the earth - can go through solid rock and liquid magma

b)

they move material up and down; can go through rock but not liquid magma (1/2 of the speed of P waves

c)

they are waves that travel from the epicenter across the earth's surface

d)

always arrive after body waves; die out faster (travel less) than body waves; slower than body waves; more damaging than body waves.

15.

What does a seismograph record?

a)

Radioactive Waves

b)

Seismic Waves

c)

Ultraviolet Rays

16.

What is the purpose of a Richter Scale?

a)

To determine the strength of an earthquake

b)

To determine the weakness of an earthquake

c)

To record the seismic waves.

d)

To record music

17.

The waves produced on the earth’s surface are called

a)

Seismic Waves

b)

Longitudinal Waves

c)

Micro Wave

d)

Radio Waves

18.

Another name of fault zone

a)

Tropical Zone

b)

Subtropical Zone

c)

Seismic Zone

19.

_________ helps scientists in determining the power of the earthquake

a)

Seismograph

b)

Richter Scale

20.

Scale that measures an earthquakes epicenter:

a)

Richter scale and mercalli scale

b)

ruler and digital scale

c)

book and a wave machine

d)

Magnitude and longitude

21.

How do we measure the ground movement/energy release?

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

c)

amplitude

d)

time lag

22.

The main factor that effects the power of an earthquake as it relates to the location, building structure, magnitude, geological condition (ground density, depth of earthquake, and distance from epicenter) is the ____________ of the earthquake.

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

c)

amplitude

d)

time lag

23.

The main factor that effects the power of an earthquake as it relates to the location, building structure, magnitude, geological condition (ground density, depth of earthquake, and distance from epicenter) is the ____________ of the earthquake. Select all that apply.

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

c)

amplitude

d)

time lag

24.

How high the waves are:

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

c)

amplitude

d)

time lag

25.

Difference between the arrival of p-waves and s-waves.

a)

magnitude

b)

intensity

c)

amplitude

d)

time lag

26.

How do earthquakes create tsunamis?

a)

If there is an earthquake in the middle of the ocean, the plate is subducted and it catches the other plate and goes down with it making the other plate snap back up causing a big wave

b)

seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore

27.

What is a Tsunami

a)

If there is an earthquake in the middle of the ocean, the plate is subducted and it catches the other plate and goes down with it making the other plate snap back up causing a big wave

b)

seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore

28.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

convection cells push the plates and they push back and get stuck and the pressure builds and it breaks releasing the tension

b)

Tsunami

c)

Volcanoes

29.

The Andes is an example of what type of fault?

a)

convergent fault

b)

divergent fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

normal fault

e)

transform fault

30.

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of fault?

a)

convergent fault

b)

divergent fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

normal fault

e)

transform fault

31.

The San Andreas is an example of what type of fault? Select all that apply.

a)

convergent fault

b)

divergent fault

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

normal fault

e)

transform fault

32.

Transform and Strike-Slip faults are the same thing.

a)

true - all transform faults are strike-slip faults as they move parallel to strike.

b)

false, they are not the same.

33.

This type of fault is usually formed by tectonic displacement, e.g. when an earthquake changes the elevation of the ground and can be caused by any type of fault, including strike-slip faults, whose motion is primarily horizontal.

a)

scarp

b)

reverse

34.

A scarp is the elevation of the ground displacement caused by a fault, such as a transform / strike-slip fault.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

A break or crack in the Earth's surface - caused by shifting and moving plates.

a)

fault line

b)

stress

c)

deformation

36.

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume

a)

fault line

b)

stress

c)

deformation

37.

A change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust.

a)

fault line

b)

stress

c)

deformation

38.

A force that pulls on a material. Crustal plates pulling apart form each other or causing rift valleys.

a)

fault line

b)

tension

c)

deformation

39.

Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.

a)

shearing

b)

deformation

c)

compression

40.

A force that pushes on or squeezes a material.

a)

shearing

b)

deformation

c)

compression

41.

What causes tsunamis? Select the best answer.

a)

The elastic rebound at a plate boundary under water releasing energy.

b)

The movement of tectonic plates.

c)

As magma moves, the rocks around it crack as a result of pressure and temperature. This cracking is felt as earthquakes.

42.

Before any volcano forms, as magma first begins to push through Earth's crust to form a hot spot, would this be likely to generate seismic activity? Why or why not?

a)

The elastic rebound at a plate boundary under water releasing energy.

b)

The movement of tectonic plates.

c)

As magma moves, the rocks around it crack as a result of pressure and temperature. This cracking is felt as earthquakes.

43.

Why is understanding plate tectonics a prerequisite to understanding earthquakes?

a)

The elastic rebound at a plate boundary under water releasing energy.

b)

The movement of tectonic plates causes earthquakes.

c)

As magma moves, the rocks around it crack as a result of pressure and temperature. This cracking is felt as earthquakes.

44.

The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress is called

a)

deformation

b)

tension

c)

stress

45.

Transform plate motion stems from a strike slip fault and the earthquake is characterized as

a)

moderate and slow

b)

strong and deep

c)

weak and shallow

46.

Transform plate motion stems from a strike slip fault and the earthquake is characterized as

a)

moderate and slow

b)

strong and deep

c)

weak and shallow

47.

Divergent plate motion stems from a normal fault and the earthquake is characterized as

a)

moderate and slow

b)

strong and deep

c)

weak and shallow

48.

Plates on the Earth's surface, pieces of Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, together referred to as

a)

tectonic plates

b)

Plate tectonics

49.

A scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of Earth's lithosphere; theory is that these processes began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

a)

tectonic plates

b)

Plate tectonics

50.

The sudden release (snapping back) of stored strain in rocks that results in movement along a fault

a)

elastic rebound

b)

focus

c)

epi center

d)

tsunami