SCIENCE QUIZ

Occurs when rocks move apart due to compressional force.

• normal fault

• strike-slip fault

• Reverse fault

• fault

Occurs when rocks move apart due to tensional force

• normal fault

• strike-slip fault

• Reverse fault

• fault

When rocks slide horizontally past each other due to shear force.

• strike-slip fault

• reverse fault

• fault

• normal fault

A violent shaking of the earth's surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates.

• earthquake

• magnitude

• intensity

• fault

An estimate of the strength of the earthquake

• none

• intensity

• fault

• magnitude

The amount of energy that is released by an earthquake.

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• seismograph

• seismogram

An earthquake that has generated within the last 10,000yrs.

• fault

• active fault

• none

• inactive fault

An earthquake that didn't generate for the last 10,000yrs.

• none

• active fault

• fault

• Inactive fault

Happens when an earthquake occurred underwater.

• none

• tsunami

• flood

• all of the above

made out of basalt & granite also a solid rock layer. what type of layer is this?