Geology Earthquakes Practice Exam Questions With
Correct Verified Answers.
earthquake - ans -The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath
Earth's surface
aftershock - ans -An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same
area
anticline - ans -An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
Richter scale - ans -a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy
released by an earthquake
s-waves - ans -A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side
to side
seismic waves - ans -Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy
released during an earthquake
seismograph - ans -A device that records ground movements caused by seismic
waves as they move through Earth
base-isolated building - ans -A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb
the energy of an earthquake
compression - ans -Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
deformation - ans -A change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust
epicenter - ans -The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
fault - ans -A break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
fault-block mountain - ans -A mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a
block of rock
Correct Verified Answers.
earthquake - ans -The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath
Earth's surface
aftershock - ans -An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same
area
anticline - ans -An upward fold in rock formed by compression of Earth's crust
Richter scale - ans -a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy
released by an earthquake
s-waves - ans -A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side
to side
seismic waves - ans -Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy
released during an earthquake
seismograph - ans -A device that records ground movements caused by seismic
waves as they move through Earth
base-isolated building - ans -A building mounted on bearings designed to absorb
the energy of an earthquake
compression - ans -Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
deformation - ans -A change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust
epicenter - ans -The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
fault - ans -A break in Earth's crust where slabs of rock slip past each other
fault-block mountain - ans -A mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a
block of rock
