Earthquakes and Faults

This type of fault is....

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of fault is....

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of fault is....

• normal fault

• reverse fault

• strike-slip fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.

• normal fault
• strike-slip fault
• reversynclinese fault

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismogram
• Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Magnitude
• Seismogram

Squeezing rock until it breaks is what stress?

• tension
• compression
• shearing