Earthquakes Review

Where do many earthquakes occur?

• plate boundaries

• the moon

• center of tectonic plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock

• fault

• zone

• pluton

the point within the earth where the earthquake originates

• focus

• epicenter

• fault zone

Fault caused by tension-rocks move away from each other

• normal fault

• slip strike fault

• reverse fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If you draw a line straight upward to the surface of the Earth from the focus, that is called the _____.

• epicenter

• focus

• strike slip

They travel faster than other waves

• P waves

• S waves

• surface waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

These waves travel along the surface of the earth

• surface waves

• P waves

• S waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Fault caused by shearing –rocks slide past each other

• slip strike fault

• reverse fault

• normal fault

Measure of the energy released by a quake

• magnitude

• fault zone total

• strength

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A ____________________________ is an instrument that detects and records vibrations caused by earthquakes.

• seismograph

• seismologist

• seismogram