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An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a

Thepoint beneath Earth's surfacewhere the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the

An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area.

Compression creates what kind of fault?

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?

Compression, tension, and shearing are three types of

A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust.

What is a large area of flat land that is elevated high above sea level?

Tension creates what kind of fault?

Shearing creates what kind of fault?

Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?

What waves arrive at a seismograph after the P Waves?

A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called

What type offault forms when the hanging wall moves upward past the footwall?

The type of stress force that produces a strike slip fault is

What is the type of stress that pushes masses of rock sideways in opposite directions is

An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust.

Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce....

What is the point on Earth's surface directly above an eathquake's focus is called the....

What kind of plate boundary is a reverse fault found?

A type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface.

The measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.

The scale that measures the strength of an earthquake based on seismic waves and movement along a fault is called the ____________ scale.

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A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called	stress
Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?	P Waves
An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust.	anticline
Thepoint beneath Earth's surfacewhere the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the	focus
Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?	tension
A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a	fault
An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a	seismograph
What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?	liquefaction
What type offault forms when the hanging wall moves upward past the footwall?	reverse fault
The type of stress force that produces a strike slip fault is	shearing
Compression, tension, and shearing are three types of	stress
What is a large area of flat land that is elevated high above sea level?	plateau
The measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.	Magnitude
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above an eathquake's focus is called the....	epicenter
Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce....	tsunami
A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust.	syncline
What is the type of stress that pushes masses of rock sideways in opposite directions is	shearing
What waves arrive at a seismograph after the P Waves?	S Waves
An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area.	aftershock
A type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach Earth's surface.	Surface Waves
Tension creates what kind of fault?	Normal Fault
Compression creates what kind of fault?	Reverse Fault
Shearing creates what kind of fault?	Strike-Slip Fault
The scale that measures the strength of an earthquake based on seismic waves and movement along a fault is called the ____________ scale.	Richter Scale
What kind of plate boundary is a reverse fault found?	Convergent Boundary