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WorksheetsFault and Earthquake
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Earthquakes are produced during:
plastic failure within the mantle
brittle failure during faulting
mushrooming during folding
none of the above
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
tension
compression
shearing
none of the above
Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?
tension
compression
shearing
all of the above
The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
What fault has little up or down motion?
strike-slip
normal
reverse
Compression is the type of stress that causes the crust to become thinner in the middle.
True
False
It is a vibration from the Earth due to the rapid release of energy
faults
earthquake
epicenter
The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __
compression.
tension
shear
deposition
Give the 3 types of boundaries
(a)
Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.
divergent, tension, normal
reverse, convergent, shearing
strike-slip, transform, compression
Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:
tightening
tension
The point beneath the earth’s surface where the rock breaks
focus
epicenter
crust
earthquake
