Earthquakes Study Guide

Fault that forms when 2 plates collide and the hanging wall moves up.​ (a)  

• Reverse Fault
• Normal Fault
• Strike-Slip Fault

Forms when 2 blocks of rock move horizontally past each other in opposite directions.​ (a)  

• Strike-Slip Fault
• Reverese Fault
• Normal Fault

Fault that forms when 2 plates pull apart and the hanging wall moves down.​ (a)  

• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault
• Strike-Slip Fault

Forms of divergent boundaries.​ (a)  

• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault
• Strike-Slip Fault

Fault that forms Convergent boundaries.

​ (a)  

• Reverse Fault
• Normal Fault
• Strike-Slip Fault

Forms at Transform Boundaries.​ (a)  

• Strike-Slip Fault
• Normal Fault
• Reverse Fault

The type of deformation when rocks fold like molded clay, and doesn't cause an earthquake.

• Elastic

• Rigid

• Plastic

• Metallic

The type of deformation that is like the stretching of a rubber band, and can cause earthquakes.

• Elastic

• Rigid

• Plastic

• Metallic

Vibrations in the ground that result from the movement of the lithoshere.

• Deformation

• Earthquake

• Plastic Deformation

• Seismology

The 'change in the shape' of a rock in response to stress; Tilting, bending, or breaking of rock.

• Seismic Wave

• Rebound

• Deformation

• Fault