5 Written Questions

1. an instrument that records and measures seismic waves
2. waves that vibrate (carry energy released during an earthquake)
3. fasten bookshelves, cabinets, etc. to these...
4. travel through liquids/solids, come after P waves, move side to side/up and down
5. block of rock above is the hanging wall, below is footwall (caused by tension)

5 Matching Questions

1. Focus
2. Mercalli scale
3. Compression
4. Magnitude
5. Shearing

1. a a number that geologists assign to an earthquake based on the earthquake's size
2. b developed to rate earthquakes according to the level of damage at a given place
3. c the area beneath Earth's surface where the rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake
4. d pushes rock in two different directions
5. e squeezes rock until it folds/breaks

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. block of rock above it footwall, below is hanging wall (caused by compression)
   1. Shear wall
   2. Strike-slip fault
   3. Normal fault
   4. Reverse fault
2. rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake
   1. Magnitude
   2. Moment magnitude scale
   3. Richter scale
   4. Mercalli scale
3. rocks on either side move past eachother (caused by shearing)
   1. Normal fault
   2. Strike-slip fault
   3. Seismic waves
   4. Reverse fault
4. point on the surface directly above the focus
   1. P waves
   2. Water heater
   3. Epicenter
   4. Tension
5. a rating of an earthquake's magnitude based on the earthquake's seismic waves
   1. Water heater
   2. Mercalli scale
   3. Richter scale
   4. Shear wall

5 True/False Questions

1. Water heater → strap this to the wall

   True        False

2. P waves → travel through liquids/solids, come after P waves, move side to side/up and down

   True        False

3. Tension → pushes rock in two different directions

   True        False

4. Shear wall → transfers some of a quake's energy from roofs/floors to the building's foundation

   True        False

5. Strike-slip fault → block of rock above it footwall, below is hanging wall (caused by compression)

   True        False