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Vibrations created by rock breaking.
a) Fault
b) Earthquake
c) Stress
d) Shear

Rocks break along surfaces called____________.
a) Earthquakes
b) Stress
c) Sheer
d) Faults

The force that squeezes rock together.
a) Compression
b) Tension
c) Sheer
d) Stress

The force that pulls rock apart
a) Compression
b) Tension
c) Sheer
d) Stress

The force that causes plates to move sideways past each other.
a) Compression
b) Tension
c) Sheer
d) Stress

The most destructive seismic waves .
a) P-waves
b) S-Waves
c) Surface Waves
d) Primary

The first waves to reach a seismograph.
a) P-Waves
b) S-waves
c) Surface Waves
d) Secondary

The point in Earth's interior where the energy is released during an earthquake.
a) Focus
b) Epicenter
c) Inner core
d) Outer Core

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
a) Crust
b) Surface
c) Epicenter
d) Focus

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by the ________________.
a) Moho Discontinuity
b) Mercalli Scale
c) Richter Scale
d) Chenoweth Scale

Seismic Sea Wave
a) P-Wave
b) S-wave
c) Surface Wave
d) Tsunamis

The largest layer of the Earth
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
c) Mantle
d) Crust

A reverse fault happens at convergent boundaries.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A normal fault happens a transform boundaries
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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