1.
Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called ____.
2.
Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?
3.
In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the ____.
4.
In a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or ____ motion.
5.
Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?
6.
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called a(n) ____.
7.
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a ____.
8.
The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the ____.
9.
The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compression and expanding the ground like an accordion are called ___.
10.
The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the moment ____ scale.
11.
The stress force that pulls on the crust where two plates are moving apart is called ____.
12.
The block of rock that lies above a fault is called the ____.
13.
Shearing creates ____ faults, like the San Andreas fault in California.
14.
The seismic waves that travel along Earth's surface and produce the most severe ground movements are called ____.
15.
A seismograph uses a ____ to record the drum's vibrations.
16.
The ____ together of rocks by stress is called compression.
17.
In a strike-slip fault, the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other ____.
18.
An upward fold in a rock is called an ____.
19.
When an earthquake occurs, P waves are the ____ seismic waves to arrive at a given location.
20.
With the range of data available, geologists ____ predict exactly where and when earthquakes will occur.
