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EarthquakesMills

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Shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface is known as...   An earthquake  
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What are the three main types of stress in rock?   shearing, tension, compression  
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Stress that pulls on the crust, stretching rock is known as...   tension  
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A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called __________.   stress  
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Stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions is called _______.   shearing  
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Define compression.   squeezes rock until it folds or breaks  
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Any change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust is known as....   deformation  
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What type of stress causes a strike-slip fault?   shearing  
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What type of stress causes a normal fault?   tension  
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A break in Earth's crust where slabs of crust slip past each other is known as a _____.   fault  
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What type of fault does a compression force cause?   reverse fault  
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What type of fault produced the Appalachian Mountains?   reverse fault  
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Define hanging wall.   the half of the fault that lies above (in a normal fault)  
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Define footwall.   the half of the fault that lies below (in a normal fault)  
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The collision of two plates can cause _________ and ________ of the crust.   compression, folding  
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A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is known as a(n) ________.   anticline  
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A fold in rock that bends downward in the middle to form a bowl is known as a(n) ______.   syncline  
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What is a plateau?   large area of flat land elevated high above sea level  
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What are the four layers of the Earth?   crust, mantle, outer core, inner core  
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T/F: The Earth's crust is thickest beneath the oceans.   False  
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T/F: The inner core and outer core are made mostly of metals.   True  
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The magnitude of the earthquake that hit Haiti was ____.   7.0  
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How far was the epicenter from the capital city of Port-au-Prince and in what direction?   15 miles, SW  
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About how many people were left homeless after the Haiti earthquake?   600,000  
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Why would the confirmed number of deaths increase during the clean-up?   people were trapped under the debris and rubble  
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