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Earthquakes Vocabulary
Test Description: Earthquake vocabulary #1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The point beneath the earth's surface where the rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake
A
Footwall
B
Shearing
C
Focus
D
Epicenter
2) Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
A
Tension
B
Intensity
C
Seismic waves
D
Fault
3) The half of the fault that lies below
A
Hanging Wall
B
Earthquake
C
Magnitude
D
Footwall
4) Stress that pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle like bubble gum
A
Seismograph
B
Tension
C
Seisomgram
D
Compression
5) A measurement of earthquake strength based on seismic waves
A
Magnitude
B
Intensity
C
Stress
D
Deformation
6) Any change in the volume or shape or earth's crust
A
Stress
B
Magnitude
C
Intensity
D
Deformation
7) Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks like a giant stick
A
Stress
B
Tension
C
Compression
D
Shearing
8) A break in earth's crust
A
Epicenter
B
Earthquake
C
Hanging Wall
D
Fault
9) The shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath earth's surface
A
Earthquake
B
Fault
C
Shearing
D
Magnitude
10) Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions
A
Shearing
B
Deformation
C
Compression
D
Tension
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