Earthquake Vocabulary

1.     Which statement is not true:

• Ground movement occurs when Earth layers move suddenly and release energy.

• The release of energy sends seismic waves out from the focus point of the Earth quake.

• Epicenter is the spot directly above the focus of the Earth’s surface.

• Earthquakes only affect a small area when one occurs.

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Earthquakes are caused when:

• Pressure builds up along a fault line where 2 tectonic plates meet. 

• The release of this energy along the fault causes an earthquake.

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

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Rock becomes _________ and changes shape of the ground along a fault due to the stress.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

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After a sudden snap in the earthquake, the rock returns back to its original shape.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

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Use the diagram to answer #12

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus

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Most earthquakes happen at or near the following tectonic plate boundary. 

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• All of the above

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Many fault lines are obvious at the surface. How can the epicenter of an earthquake be located miles away from the fault line?

• The epicenter is the place of greatest damage, and it can be miles from the site of the earthquake.

• The earthquake happened at a place where there is no fault, so the epicenter is not near a fault line.

• Some large earthquakes have more than one epicenter, and these epicenters can be far from the fault line.

• The fault line does not extend straight down from the surface, so the focus is not directly beneath the point where the fault reaches the surface.

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Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?

• The rock in the interior of a tectonic plate is stronger, so it does not deform.

• Earthquakes take place where the motion of tectonic plates transfers energy to rock.

• Earthquakes can only occur at places where magma can reach the surface and transfer energy to rocks.

• Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another plate, which happens only at plate boundaries.

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Which type of stress causes deformation that leads to earthquakes at converging plate boundaries?

• tension

• stretching

• shear stress

• compression

Use the diagram to answer #13

• Epicenter

• Wave Fronts

• Fault

• Focus

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