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Name: __________________________ Earthquake Study Guide 1. Fill in the chart about the types of stress Type of Stress What is happening Pulling apart rock Landforms or Effects Valleys Compression Earthquakes 2. Fill in the chart about the types of faults Type of Fault Description Normal Fault Hanging wall moves upward Rocks Slide Past Each Other 3. What are folded Mountains? 4. Fill in the chart about the changes to earth’s surface Changes What happens Picture of what it looks like Anticline Rock bends downward large area of flat land elevated high above sea level 5. Fill in the chart that compares the stress, faults, and boundaries Stress Fault Boundary Tension Reverse Transform Name: __________________________ 6. What is the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath earth’s surface? 7. Fill in the chart about the start of an earthquake Name Where it is located? What happens? Focus Area beneath earth’s surface where rock is under stress and breaks Epicenter Place where people find start of earthquake 8. What are seismic waves? 9. Fill in the chart about seismic waves Seismic Waves P Wave ( __________ wave) S Wave (_________ wave) Surface Wave Rolling up and down Type of Movement What it Can ONLY SOLIDS Solids and Liquids move through Speed Fastest 10. What is an earthquakes magnitude? 11. Fill in the chart about scales used to measure earthquakes Earthquake Scale Description Mercalli Scale Rates earthquakes according to the magnitude of the seismic waves. Moment Magnitude 12. Fill in the chart about the damage from earthquakes Event What happens The result of the Earth’s shaking that turns soil to liquid mud Tsunami An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area
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