1.1 FAULTS AND FOLDS

Question 1

The shaking or trembling caused by the sudden release of energy.

Answer 1

Earthquakes

Question 2

It is usually associated with faulting or breaking of rocks.

Answer 2

Earthquakes

Question 3

The study of Earthquakes.

Answer 3

Seismology

Question 4

Scientists who study Earthquakes.

Answer 4

Seismologists

Question 5

The change to the shape of rock in response to stress.

Answer 5

Deformation

Question 6

It is internal; the reaction of a material to pressure applied to it.

Answer 6

Stress

Question 7

Deformation; measure of how the dimension changes.

Answer 7

Strain

Question 8

Stress in which the rocks move in two opposite directions.

Answer 8

Shearing

Question 9

Stress in which it pulls apart.

Answer 9

Tension

Question 10

Stress in which it pushes together.

Answer 10

Compression

Question 11

Type of deformation wherein it deforms like a piece of clay.

Answer 11

Plastic Deformtion

Question 12

Type of deformation in wherein it does not cause earthquakes.

Answer 12

Plastic Deformation

Question 13

Type of deformation in wherein it causes earthquakes.

Answer 13

Elastic Deformation

Question 14

Type of deformation in wherein it returns to original form when stress is removed.

Answer 14

Elastic Deformation

Question 15

Type of deformation in wherein rocks keep stretching until they finally break.

Answer 15

Elastic Deformation

Question 16

Type of deformation wherein broken pieces return to their unstretched shape.

Answer 16

Elastic Deformation

Question 17

It is a break in the Earth’s crust along which the blocks of the crust slide relative to one another

Answer 17

Fault

Question 18

Where do Earthquakes occur?

Answer 18

Most take place near the edges of the tectonic plates

Question 19

These are places where a large number of faults are located.

Answer 19

Earthquake Zones

Question 20

TRUE OR FALSE

All faults are on plate boundaries.

Answer 20

False. NOT all faults are on plate boundaries.

Question 21

This is where slabs of crust slide past each other.

Answer 21

Fault

Question 22

In a Normal Fault, the force is called ________.

Answer 22

Tension

Question 23

In a Reverse Fault, the force pushing is called _________________.

Answer 23

Compression

Question 24

These are vertical fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.

Answer 24

Strike-slip Faults

Question 25

Waves of energy that travel through the Earth.

Answer 25

Seismic Waves

Question 26

Seismic waves that travel through the Earth’s interior. What are it’s two types?

Answer 26

Body Waves. It’s two types are P waves and S waves.

Question 27

Seismic waves that travel along the Earth’s surface.

Answer 27

Surface Waves.

Question 28

These body waves can travel through solids. liquids, and gases.

Answer 28

P Waves

Question 29

These body waves can’t travel through parts of the Earth that are all liquid.

Answer 29

S Waves

Question 30

These body waves are the fastest waves.

Answer 30

P Waves

Question 31

These body waves are slower that P waves and arrive later.

Answer 31

S Waves

Question 32

These body waves are also called the primary waves.

Answer 32

P Waves

Question 33

These body waves are also called secondary waves.

Answer 33

S Waves

Question 34

These body waves move rock back and forth squeezing and stretching the rock.

Answer 34

P Waves

Question 35

These body waves stretch the rock sideways, movement is side to side.

Answer 35

S Waves

Question 36

These waves travel more slowly than body waves and are more destructive

Answer 36

Surface Waves