week 1

Question 1

is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.

Answer 1

•A fault

Question 2

may range in length from a few millimeters to thousands of kilometers.

Answer 2

Faults

Question 3

relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.

Answer 3

Seismic

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happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.

Answer 4

earthquake

Question 5

are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.

Answer 5

Tsunamis

Question 6

what are the Three Basic Fault Types

Answer 6

Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-slip fault

Question 7

EXTENSION

Answer 7

normal fault

Question 8

COMPRESSION

Answer 8

reverse fault

Question 9

SHEAR

Answer 9

strike-slip fault

Question 10

what are the Layers of the Earth

Answer 10

crust
mantle
outer core
inner core

Question 11

Earth’s crust and its rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called ____.?

Answer 11

plates

Question 12

Theory of Plate Tectonics

Answer 12

Earth’s crust and its rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates.These plates are all moving in different directions at different speeds.
Adjacent plates can crash together, pull apart or sideswipe each other.

Question 13

the place where two plates meet is called a?

Answer 13

plate boundary

Question 14

_____have different names, depending on how two plates are moving relative to each other.

Answer 14

boundaries

Question 15

what are the 3 types of plate boundaries?

Answer 15

divergent
convergent
transform

Question 16

result of two diverging plates is a?

Answer 16

valley-like rift

Question 17

plates move apart/ move away from eachother

Answer 17

divergent boundaries

Question 18

plates move toward each other
Earthquakes and volcanoes are commonly experienced and found near ______ boundaries

Answer 18

convergent

Question 19

In Convergent boundaries, one of the two plates is descending
beneath the other.
This process is called ________.

Answer 19

subduction

Question 20

Formed when two plates slide past each other horizontally

Answer 20

transform boundaries

Question 21

Why do Earthquakes Occur?

Answer 21

Plate boundaries are made up of many systems of fractures called faults. The rough edges may cause the plates to rupture.

Question 22

Types of Fault

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Reverse fault
Normal fault
Strike-slip fault

Question 23

a fault in which hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall as a result of extension. These are the most common faults

Answer 23

Normal FaultNormal FaultNormal Fault

Question 24

are two blocks of crust layer pulling apart, extending the crust
into a valley thus, creating a space

Answer 24

Normal Fault

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also called thrust fault. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall as a result of compression

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Reverse Fault

Question 26

a fault in which two blocks of crust slide past each other on the same plane. The motion experienced is right or left lateral instead of up and down

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Strike-Slip Fault

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are rocks sliding past one another on a horizontal plane, with little to no vertical movement. Examples to these are the San Andreas Fault and the Anatolian Fault

Answer 27

Strike-slip faults

Question 28

t o f There are more than a million earthquakes that occur in the planet each year. However, most of these are not felt and cause little disturbance on the surface.

Answer 28

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Question 29

The study of earthquake waves is called?

Answer 29

Seismology

Question 30

an instrument that record seismic waves. Earthquake waves can be detected at great distances

Answer 30

by Seismometers or Seismograph,

Question 31

a measure of the degree of earthquake shaking at a given locale based on the amount of damage.

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Intensity

Question 32

estimates the amount of energy released at the source of the earthquake.

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Magnitude

Question 33

Two measurements that describe the size of an earthquake are?

Answer 33

Intensity Magnitude

Question 34

convergent 3 types

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continental - continental continental - oceanic oceanic - oceanic

Question 35

mountains are formed

Answer 35

continental - continental

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volcanoes are formed

Answer 36

continental - oceanic - c

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islands are formed

Answer 37

oceanic - oceanic

Question 38

an instrument that record seismic waves

Answer 38

Seismometers or Seismograph,

Question 39

A seismometer's record is known as a _________.

Answer 39

seismogram

Question 40

The study of earthquake waves is called ______?.

Answer 40

Seismology