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1) The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is

Ashearing Bcompression Ctension Duplifting

2) The stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is

Ashearing Btension Ccomression Duplifting

3) A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is a

Anormal fault Bslip-stike fault Changing fault Dreverse fault

4) Compression causes the formation of

Aonly anticlines Bboth anticlines and synclines Conly synclines Dneither anticlines nor synclines

5) An earthquake occurs along a fault when

Astress in the rock along the fault causes the rock to melt. Benergy in the rock along the fault is changed to heat. Cenergy in the rock along the fault does not change for a long period of time. Denough energy builds up in the rock along the fault to cause the rock to break or slip.

6) Which scale would a geologist use to estimate the total energy released by an earthquake?

Aepicenter scale Bmoment magnitude scale CRichter scale DModified Mercalli Scale

7) When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel _________________________.

Aoutward from the focus Bonly through the footwall Cinward to the epicenter Donly through the hanging wall

8) Where are the areas that are at greatest risk from earthquakes?

Awhere land meets water Bin the center of plates Cwhere plates meet Din the middle of the ocean

9) A ____________________ is an instrument that records and measures an earthquake's seismic waves.

Atriple beam balance Bseismogram Cseismograph Dspring scale

10) ______________ are siesmic waves that can vibrate from side to side or up and down. They are secondary waves during an earthquake.

Asurface waves BS waves CP waves DW waves

11) ____________ are seismic waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion. They are the first waves to arrive to the seismograph.

AS waves BP waves CW waves Dsurface waves

12) _____________ can make the ground roll like ocean waves.

AW waves BS waves CP waves DSurface waves

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