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WorksheetsEarthquakes and Faulting Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins
To study Earthquakes, scientists use a tool called a ____.
Seismograph
Seismogram
Seismology
Seismic Waves
The biggest possible Earthquake would be described as Magnitude (a) .
(Just the number!).
Which description of Earthquakes is most accurate?
Earthquakes are very rare, but when they happen they always cause severe damage.
Earthquakes happen every day, but most are too small to notice.
Earthquakes happen every day, so they are the number one cause of death in the US.
Which are possible ways that Earthquakes affect humans?
(Pick 2!)
Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure can be destroyed.
People may lose their homes, schools, and workplaces.
Earthquakes can fill the air with thick smoke that is hard to breathe.
Earthquakes can poison the food supply and make it hard to find things to eat.
What is a tracing of an earthquake's motion that is created by a seismometer?
Seismograph
Seismogram
Seismologist
Elastic Rebound
An earthquake scored high on the Richter scale but low on the Mercalli scale. Why?
It probably happened in an area with no people.
It was a fast earthquake.
It damaged a lot of buildings.
It is impossible to know.
Which wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases?
P-Waves
S-Waves
Surface (L) Waves
Which is the fastest type of seismic wave?
p-waves
s-waves
surface waves
What is the temporary state in which loose soil and rock materials take on the property of quicksand?
Aftershock
Liquefaction
Seismic Gap
Tsunami
The place where the earthquake is felt on the Earth's surface is called the...
Epicenter
Hypocenter (focus)
Surface
Crust
What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?
2
3
4
5
6
Which image models secondary waves?
Top
Bottom
Both
(a)
S-wave arrival time, only
P-wave arrival time, only
Difference in the arrival time of the P-wave and S-wave
Difference in the height of the P-wave and S-wave
Base your answer on the diagram, which shows models of two types of earthquake waves. Model A best represents the motion of earthquake waves called:
(a)
P-waves (compressional waves) that travel faster than S-waves (shear waves) shown in model B
P-waves (compressional waves) that travel slower than S-waves (shear waves) shown in model B
S-waves (shear waves) that travel faster than P-waves (compressional waves) shown in model B
S-waves (shear waves) that travel slower than P-waves (compressional waves) shown in model B
(a)
What are the slowest type of earthquake waves?
P waves
T waves
S waves
surface waves
Seismic waves carry _____________ through objects.
Which type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries where plates pull apart?
tension
compression
shear
Which type of stress occurs at convergent boundaries where plates push into each other?
tension
compression
shear
Which type of stress occurs at transform boundaries where plates slide past each other?
tension
compression
shear
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface.
Aftershock
Earthquake
Tsunami
Faulting
a break in a body of rock along which one rock slides relative to another.
Fault
Earthquake
Anticline
Boundary
a seismic wave that causes particles to move in a side-to-side diection.
S Waves
P Waves
Primary Waves
Sonar
a type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or down motion.
Normal Fault
Shearing Fault
Transform Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point.
Epicenter
Focus
Core
Fault Line
an instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
Seismogram
Richter Scale
Seismograph
Tiltmeter
What type of fault is this?
Normal
Reverse
Strike-slip
What type of fault is this?
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
Forces that changes rock shape or volume and may lead to a fault is called
tension
compression
stress
Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.
tension
compression
stress
________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.
tension
compressions
stress
Normal faults occur at a divergent boundary.
true
false
Strike slip faults move by ____________________.
pulling apart
pushing together
slipping past each other
Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?
Compression
Tension
Shear
Which type of fault is this (stress pushing in on both sides)?
Normal
Reverse
Strike-Slip
Match the following fault types with the type of stress that causes them.
strike-slip
shearing
normal
tension
reverse
compression
A weak spot in the crust where rock may break is called _____________________
hot spot
lava
fault
earthquake
A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move is called ___________
stress
compression
dormat
fault
This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins
epicenter
focus
fault line
tectonic plate
The force that changes rock shape or volume is called __________.
tension
compression
stress
Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement is called __________ stress.
shearing
compression
tension
constriction
What is the term for the force that pulls rocks apart?
Compression
Tension
Stress
Shear
What type of boundary is associated with strike - slip faults?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake called?
Epicenter
Fault line
Seismic zone
Tectonic plate
_____________ is a type of stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
tension
compression
shearing
stress
