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Earthquake And Volcano Terms Review
Test Description: Earthquake and Volcano terms
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Shaking that results when rocks move inside the Earth
A
earthquake
B
shakers
C
trimmers
D
volcano
2) An earthquake is caused by stress along a _____.
A
mountain
B
drain
C
fault
D
boundary
3) What kind of fault is caused by tension?
A
normal
B
strike-slip
C
reverse
4) What kind of fault is caused by compression?
A
reverse
B
strike-slip
C
normal
5) What kind of fault is caused by shearing?
A
reverse
B
normal
C
strike-slip
6) This is the fastest of the 3 waves
A
secondary waves
B
primary waves
C
surface waves
7) This wave can move through solid and liquid layers of Earth
A
surface
B
secondary
C
primary
8) This wave is a longitudinal wave
A
primary
B
secondary
C
surface
9) This wave can only move through solid rock
A
primary
B
surface
C
secondary
10) This type of wave is a transverse wave
A
surface
B
secondary
C
primary
11) ____ move rock particles in a backward, rolling motion and a side-to-side, swaying motion.
A
surface waves
B
secondary waves
C
primary waves
D
earthquakes
12) Seismic waves from earthquakes are measured with an instrument known as a _______.
A
thermometer
B
seismograph
C
barometer
D
wave reader
13) The energy released from an earthquake is known as
A
potency
B
magnitude
C
liquefaction
D
strength
14) When an earthquake cause soil to act more like a liquid, this is known as _______
A
liquefaction
B
potency
C
magnitude
D
landslide
15) Ocean waves caused by earthquakes are known as _________
A
really big waves
B
hurricanes
C
tsunamis
D
tidal waves
16) The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the earthquake focus
A
epicenter
B
focal point
C
shake zone
D
hot spot
17) The point where the energy release first occurs
A
seismic zone
B
focus
C
epicenter
D
shake zone
18) This force causes rocks on either side of a fault to slide past each other
A
compression
B
shearing
C
tension
19) Like the waves traveling through a rope, _______ waves are generated by an earthquake traveling through Earth
A
primary
B
surface
C
secondary
D
seismic
20) This force pulls rocks apart...
A
tension
B
compaction
C
compression
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