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Earthquake Vocabulary
Test Description: Earthquake vocabulary 3 of 3.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) aftershock
A
measures the magnitude of an earthquake
B
A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake
C
a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake
D
the point on the Earth\'s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
2) syncline
A
A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground
B
an upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth\'s crust
C
a downward fold in rock formed by compression in earth\'s crust
D
an instrument that records earthquake waves
3) magnitude
A
measure of the energy released during an earthquake
B
an instrument that records earthquake waves
C
measures the magnitude of an earthquake
D
a relatively flat highland
4) Tension
A
The block of rock that forms the lower half of the fault
B
Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
C
stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement
D
an instrument that records earthquake waves
5) shearing
A
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
B
Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
C
effort expended in rubbing one object against another
D
stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement
6) anticline
A
an instrument that records earthquake waves
B
The block of rock that forms the lower half of the fault
C
an upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth\'s crust
D
a downward fold in rock formed by compression in earth\'s crust
7) footwall
A
an instrument that records earthquake waves
B
measures the magnitude of an earthquake
C
The block of rock that forms the lower half of the fault
D
the block of rock above a fault
8) base-isolated building
A
A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb the energy of an earthquake
B
the point on the Earth\'s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
C
measure of the energy released during an earthquake
D
measures the magnitude of an earthquake
9) seismogram
A
The block of rock that forms the lower half of the fault
B
the record of an earthquake\'s seismic waves produced by a seismograph
C
measure of the energy released during an earthquake
D
the point on the Earth\'s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
10) Richter scale
A
measures the magnitude of an earthquake
B
an instrument that records earthquake waves
C
a relatively flat highland
D
measure of the energy released during an earthquake
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