5 Written questions

1. force that pulls rocks apart

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2. used to record seismic activity

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3. most destructive seismic waves

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4. force that causes plates to move sideways past each other

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5. without, warning, in areas where they have occurred before and along plate boundaries

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5 Matching questions
1.
How did scientists map Earth's interior

2.

Primary waves
3.

strike slip fault

4.

Tsunami

5.

Waves that reach seismograph first

A. seismic sea wave

B. rocks move past each other
C. primary waves
D. slow down when hit liquid
E. Using Seismic waves

5 Multiple choice questions

1. point in Earth's interior where the energy release of earthquake occurs

1. Magnitude
2. Focus
3. Three
4. Epicenter
2. force that squeezes rocks together
1. strike slip fault
2. Compression force
3. Tension force
4. Shear force
3. rock above fault line moves downward in relation to surface
1. Reverse fault
2. Normal fault
3. Shear force
4. strike slip fault
4. created when force on the rock is great enough they break and create vibrations
1. Faults
2. most earthquakes happen
 3. Magnitude
4. Earthquakes
5. strength of earthquake measured my height of lines traced on paper of seismograph
1. Epicenter
2. Magnitude
3. Normal fault
4. Shear force

5 True/False questions

1. Number of seismographs needed to accurately locate epicenter → Three

True False

2. created when elastic limit is reached → Earthquakes

True False

3. measures magnitude of earthquake → Surface waves

True False

4. rock above surface moves upward in relation to rock below fault → Reverse fault

True False

5. point on Earth's surface where the energy release of earthquake occurs → Epicenter

True False

1. The point where the earthquake occurs is called the:

Epicenter Focus

Foreshock Aftershock
2. Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes in which of the following
locations?
 Underwater California

The Earth's core Indonesia
3. How do earthquakes occur?

By the collapsing of buildings above ground.

By the increasing activities happening on the surface of the earth.

By the breaking of rocks found underground.

By the increasing pressure on the earth's surface.