8th Grade Ch. 6 Earthquakes

Test Description: Earthquakes

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) What is an example of tension?

2) What is the difference between a fault and a joint?

3) Most faults in the United States are found in

4) Secondary, smaller earthquakes that result from a major earthquake are called

5) An ocean wave caused by an earthquake is called a(n)

6) Rayleigh waves and Love waves are both examples of

7) What type of fault do most secular geologists believe could explain how “older” fossils were placed above the “younger” fossils (which would normally be on top)?

8) What is a series of low-frequency shock waves traveling through the earth.

9) What type of stress is most significant in causing earthquakes ?

10) What is a special geologist called who studies the earth’s movements and the structure of its interior?

11) How many seismic stations are needed to pinpoint an earthquake?

12) The last waves to reach seismographs are the

13) Another name for a transform fault

14) What is the fastest body wave?

15) What is the energy of an earthquake?

16) What is the center of earthquake activity?

17) What is the point on the Earth's surface above the center of earthquake activity?

18) What is the body wave that doesn't travel through the Earth's core?

19) What fault occurs when the block above the fault surface dropped in relation to the block under the fault?

20) What fault occurs when the upper block rises in relation to the lower block?


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