Science Chapter 4B Earthquakes Review Question Preview (ID: 40633)


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What causes an earthquake?
a) a rise of magma in the mantle
b) a build up of seismic waves
c) a sudden movement of blocks of rock
d)

To locate the epicenter of an earthquake, scientists need seismograms from at least _____seismic stations
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) five

One method of making a building earthquake resistant is to
a) make the walls brick
b) add sand to the foundation
c) use cross braces
d)

In a strike-slip fault, blocks of rock move ________ along the fault plane
a) sideways
b) up
c) down
d)

The seismic waves that usually cause the most damage are
a) surface waves
b) primary waves
c) secondary waves
d)

Most damage from an earthquake usually occurs
a) far from the epicenter
b) near the epicenter
c) at the focus
d)

Earthquakes release energy in the form of
a) stress lines
b) faults
c) seismic waves
d)

shaking of ground caused by a sudden movement of large blocks of rock
a) earthquake
b) seismogram
c) seismograph
d) cross braces

fracture or break in Earth's lithosphere
a) primary wave
b) fault
c) secondary wave
d) surface waves

point underground where rocks first begin to move
a) fault
b) seismogram
c) epicenter
d) focus

point on Earth's surface directly above the focus
a) fault
b) seismogram
c) epicenter
d) focus

an instrument that constantly records ground movement
a) seismogram
b) seismograph
c) fault
d) fracture

a recording of side-to-side or up and down movement
a) seismogram
b) seismograph
c) fault
d) fracture

A type of seismic wave that can only move through rocks
a) primary
b) secondary
c) surface
d)

A type of fault where the stress is pulling rocks apart and the rock above the fault plane slides down
a) Normal
b) Reverse
c) Strike-Slip
d)

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