Earthquakes and Faults

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Trivia Q! "Animals can predict earthquakes."

• True

• False

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Energy released by an earthquake that travels in waves though the lithosphere

• focus waves

• epicenter waves

• seismic waves

• fault waves

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Which of the following can generate seismic waves? Select ALL that apply.

• Human activity

• volcanic eruptions

• large landslides

• earthquakes

• movement of magma

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Which type of seismic wave travels fastest?

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Which type of seismic wave arrives FIRST?

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Which type of seismic wave is a body wave that can only travel through solids?

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Which type of seismic wave is a body wave that can travel through both solids and liquids?

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Which type of seismic wave arrives LAST?

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Which of the following could be described as a compressional wave?

(involves compression)

• surface waves

• S waves

• P waves

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Also called the hypocenter, this is where an earthquake begins.

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

• plate boundary

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All faults are visible along the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

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All earthquakes occur along plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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A fault occurring in the middle of a tectonic plate is called a/an . . .

• INTERplate fault

• Don't pick me, I'm not the answer.

• INTRAplate fault

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Why do intraplate faults exist?

• shrug That's just how the Earth do?

• Because plates are moving across a curved surface.

• Some rock types just can't hold themselves together very well.

• Scientists don't know yet.

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What type of fault is this?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike-Slip AKA Lateral

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What type of plate boundary is most likely to produce this kind of fault?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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What type of fault is this?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike-Slip AKA Lateral

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary is most likely to produce this kind of fault?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Multiple Choice

What type of fault is this?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Strike-Slip AKA Lateral

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary is most likely to produce this kind of fault?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform