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Earthquakes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called a | anticline |
| which scale would most likely be used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings | the Mercalli scale |
| S wave are also known as | secondary waves |
| a building designing to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake is called a | fixed -base |
| Compare P waves S waves, surface waves move | slower |
| A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called | stress |
| If the crust guard warns of a giant wave of water approaching the shore as a result of a major earthquake, they are warning of | a tsunami |
| Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake | an aftershock |
| A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a | Platue |
| In a strike-slip fault the rocks on either side of a fault. | movement |
| In a normal fault, the part of that lies below the other part is called | footwall |
| a device that uses a wire strecht to measure horizontal movement the ground is called | creep meter |
| geologist know that whatever plate movement stores energy in rock faults | earthquakes are likely |
| the land between two normal faults moves upward to create | syncline |
| which type of stress force produces reverse faults | compression |
| most earthquakes related deaths and injuries result from | damage of buliding and other structures |
| the type of seismec waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called | surface waves |
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