Earthquake Lesson 1

What is a PUSH or PULL of an object?

• Motion
• Force
• Friction
• Gravity

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Rocks can become _______________ when a large force is applied to them

• deformed

• mutated

• liquidated

• frozen

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What is potential energy?

• The energy an object has that is stored or due to its position

• The energy an object has due to its chemical composition.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

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What is kinetic energy?

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due its chemical composition.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

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vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement of rocks along a fault

• earthquake

• epicenter

• focus

• surface waves

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What kind of wave travels through the earth?

• Seismic Wave
• Ocean Wave
• Light Wave

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It is the energy radiated in all directions from the focus due to earthquake.

• seismic waves

• epicenter

• body waves

• surface waves

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What fault has little up or down motion?

• strike-slip
• normal
• reverse

The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:

• fracture
• fault
• joint

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

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault