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Earthquakes Study Guide
Lesson 5-1 (pg. 144-151)
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Be able to name and describe the 3 types of stresses in the Earth’s crust
(tension, compression and shearing)
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Know the definition of stress
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Be able to name and describe the 3 types of faults (normal, reverse and
strike slip)
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Be able to name the stress that causes each of the different types of
faults
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Know the difference between the hanging wall and footwall
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Name the different faults from diagrams
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Know how anticlines, synclines, plateaus, fault-block mountains and
valleys can form from stresses in the Earth’s crust
Lesson 5-2 (pg. 152-159)
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Know the definition of earthquake
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Know the definitions of an epicenter and a focus of an earthquake
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Be able to describe the motion of p waves, s waves and surface waves
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Know what a seismograph measures
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Know what the Modified Mercalli Scale measures
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Know what the Richter scale measures
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Know what the moment magnitude scale measures
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Know how geologists can locate an earthquakes epicenter
Lesson 5-3 (pg. 160-165)
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Know the definition of a seismogram
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Know where most earthquakes occur and be able to explain why they
occur there