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Fault and Earthquake

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Earthquakes are produced during:

a)

plastic failure within the mantle

b)

brittle failure during faulting

c)

mushrooming during folding

d)

none of the above

2.

Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

d)

none of the above

3.

Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shearing

d)

all of the above

4.

The hanging wall slides up and over the footwall is what kind of fault?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

5.

What fault has little up or down motion?

a)

strike-slip

b)

normal

c)

reverse

6.

Compression is the type of stress that causes the crust to become thinner in the middle.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

It is a vibration from the Earth due to the rapid release of energy

a)

faults

b)

earthquake

c)

epicenter

8.

The type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body is __

a)

compression.

b)

tension

c)

shear

d)

deposition

9.

Give the 3 types of boundaries

(a)  

10.

Which of these boundaries/stresses/faults all correctly go together? Choose all that apply.

a)

divergent, tension, normal

b)

reverse, convergent, shearing

c)

strike-slip, transform, compression

11.

Rock layers undergo stress when they are stretched apart at divergent boundaries. This stress is called:

a)

tightening

b)

tension

12.

The point beneath the earth’s surface where the rock breaks

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

crust

d)

earthquake