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Earthquakes and Faults Summative Test

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

PART 1

Earthquakes are caused by a sudden slip on a (a)   .

2.

True or False. Faults occur during earthquakes.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

The fault surface can be vertical, horizontal, or at some angle to the surface of the earth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

A (a)   is a thin zone of crushed rock separating blocks of the earth's crust.

5.

What causes the shaking during an earthquake?

a)

A. When enough stress is build-up

b)

B. When the rocks slip, and energy waves are released

c)

C. Both A and B

d)

D. None of these

6.

The fault surface can be _________ and _________.

(a)  

7.

Which among the following are classifications of Faults?

a)

A. Fault Block

b)

B. Normal Fault

c)

C. Reverse Fault

d)

D. All of these

8.

What fault classification is the picture above?

a)

A. Normal Fault

b)

B. Reverse Fault

c)

C. Strike-Slip Fault

d)

D. None of the above

9.

What do you call the fault above?

a)

A. Normal Fault

b)

B. Strike-Slip Fault

c)

C. Fault Block

d)

D. None of these

10.

As (a)   pass through the Earth, they are refracted, or bent, like rays of light bend when they pass through a glass prism.

11.

Structures that we can identify, but which do not have earthquakes.

a)

A. Active Faults

b)

B. Inactive Faults

c)

C. Reactivated Faults

d)

D. All of these

12.

Which among the following is NOT a characteristic of Faults?

a)

A. Faults can be centimeters to thousands of kilometers long.

b)

B. Its surface can be vertical, horizontal, or at some angle to the surface of the earth

c)

C. A fault is a thin zone of crushed rock separating blocks of the earth's crus

d)

D. None of these

13.

True of False. Some faults show signs and we will know their appearance when they produce a small earthquake.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Structure along which we expect displacement to occur.

a)

A. Reactivated Fault

b)

B. Active Fault

c)

C. Inactive Fault

d)

D. None of these

15.

In a (a)   Fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall.

16.

PART II.

For 5 minutes, Why do you think it is important to know the location of an active fault?

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17.

For 15 minutes. After knowing the things to do before, during, and after an earthquake hits, what do you think is the relevance or advantages of knowing it.

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