Plates

Question 1

Largest plate

Answer 1

Pacific plate

Question 2

If there is no oceanic plate the mantle will…

Answer 2

Go up

Question 3

7 major plates

Answer 3

Eurassian
Australian 
N. America
S. America
Pacific
African 
Antarctic

Question 4

A planar fracture or discontinuity

Answer 4

Fault

Question 5

Short continuous shaking of the ground

Answer 5

Diastrophism

Question 6

Part that sink during an earthquake

Answer 6

Subduction zone

Question 7

Is the plane that represents the fracture surface of a fault

Answer 7

Fault plane

Question 8

Also called as fault line is the intersection of a fault plane

Answer 8

Fault trace

Question 9

Is defined as the relative movement of grological features om either side of a fault plane and is a DISPLACEMENT VECTOR

Answer 9

Slip

Question 10

Is a vertical component of the dip separation

Answer 10

Throw

Question 11

Is a horizontal component

Answer 11

Heave

Question 12

Summarization of af the vertical and horizontal component of the dip separation

Answer 12

Throw up & heave up

Question 13

Where the off set is predominately,parallel to the fault trace/line

Answer 13

Strike-slip

Question 14

The hanging wall moves downward relative to the foot wall

Answer 14

Dip-slip

Question 15

The downward block

Answer 15

Graben

Question 16

Upthrown block

Answer 16

Horst

Question 17

Component of dip slip and strike slip

Answer 17

Oblique-slip