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Earthquakes
Faults and Seismic wave types
Question | Answer |
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This type of STRESS occurs at a divergent boundary | Tension |
This type of FAULT occurs at a convergent boundary | Reverse |
This type of BOUNDARY occurs at a strike-slip fault | Transform |
This type of STRESS causes a strike-slip fault | Shearing |
This type of FAULT occurs from tension stress | Normal |
This type of BOUNDARY occurs from compression stress | Convergent |
This type of STRESS occurs from a reverse fault | Compression |
This type of FAULT occurs at a transform boundary | Strike-Slip |
This type of BOUNDARY occurs from a normal fault | Divergent |
The place (usually below the surface) where rocks break and seismic waves are released | Focus |
The point directly above the focus, when seismic waves reach the surface | Epicenter |
The slowest type of seismic (earthquake) waves | Surface waves |
This type of seismic wave only travels through solids | S waves |
This type of seismic wave is the fastest type of earthquake wave | P wave |
This type of seismic wave travels longitudinally (compressions and rarefactions) | P wave |
This type of seismic wave is not the fastest seismic wave, nor the slowest | S Wave |
This type of seismic wave is the most destructive | Surface Wave |
This the machine that captures earthquake vibrations | Seismograph |
This the vibration record produced from a seismograph | Seismogram |