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Name that Fault
Name that Wave
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True or False
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• Question Reverse faults are the result of stress
  that
• Pulls rocks apart (divergent)
• Pushes rocks together (convergent)
• C. Pushes rocks past each other (transform)

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Answer B. pushes rocks together (convergent)
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• Question Which of the following is not one of
  the three types of seismic waves?
• Primary waves
• Surface waves
• Secondary waves
• Subduction waves

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Answer D. Subduction waves
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• Question Seismograms from how many different
  seismic stations are needed to locate an
  earthquakes epicenter
• three
• two
• one

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Answer A. three
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• Question Earthquakes do not occur in the
  asthenoshpere because this layer is
• Hard and rigid
• Weak and flows
• Cold
• Too thick

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Answer B. weak and flows
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• Question An earthquakes epicenter is located
  directly above its
• tsunami
• Seismic station
• Focus
• Moment magnitude

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Answer C. focus
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Question The point underground where the first
movement of rocks occur during an earthquake is
called the epicenter.
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Answer False
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Question Secondary waves are the fastest type of
seismic wave.
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Answer False
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Question As a tsunami gets closer to shore, the
wave height increases.
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Answer True
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Question Most earthquakes occur along plate
boundaries, especially around the Pacific Ocean.
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Answer True
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Question Surface waves cause the most damage.
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Answer True
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Name that Fault
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Answer Reverse Fault
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Name that Fault
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Topic 3 for 2
Answer Strike-slip fault
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Topic 3 for 3
Question Name that Fault
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Topic 3 for 3
Answer Normal Fault
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Name that Fault These faults can occur where
boundaries are moving apart
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Topic 3 for 4
Answer Normal Fault
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Topic 3 for 5
Question Name that Fault These faults can occur
near collision-zone boundaries
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Topic 3 for 5
Answer Reverse Faults
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Topic 4 for 1
Question Name that Wave
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Topic 4 for 1
Answer Primary Waves
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Topic 4 for 2
Question Name that wave
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Topic 4 for 2
Answer Secondary Waves
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Topic 4 for 3
Question Name that Wave
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Topic 4 for 3
Answer Surface Waves
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Topic 4 for 4
Question What are the wave illustrated with the
purple arrows?
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Topic 4 for 4
Answer Secondary Waves
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Topic 4 for 5
Question What are the wave illustrated with the
blue arrows?
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Topic 4 for 5
Answer Primary Waves
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Topic 5 for 1
Question the point on Earths surface directly
above where rocks first start to move during an
earthquake
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Topic 5 for 1
Answer epicenter
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Topic 5 for 2
Question a fracture or break in Earths
lithosphere along which blocks of rock move past
each other.
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Topic 5 for 2
Answer fault
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Topic 5 for 3
Question a process in which shaking of the
ground causes the soil to act like a liquid.
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Topic 5 for 3
Answer liquefaction
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Topic 5 for 4
Question a smaller earthquake that follows a
more powerful earthquake in the same area
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Topic 5 for 4
Answer aftershock
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Topic 5 for 5
Question an instrument that constantly records
ground movements
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Topic 5 for 5
Answer seismograph
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