Earthquake Jeopardy
Stress
100: The force that changes a rock’s shape or volume is known as…
a. Stress
200: What type of stress causes anticlines and synclines?
a. Compression
300:Draw arrows showing the direction tension, compression and shearing act on rocks
a. Tension
compression
shearing
400: What type of rock will break under stress?
a. Brittle
500: How does volume in density change in tension, compression and shearing
a. Tension volume increases and density decreases; compression volume decreases and
density increases; shearing there is no change
Faults
100: A fault is a _______ in rock
a. break
200: Faults form in this type of rock
a. Brittle
300: Draw a picture of a normal fault
a.
400: How do volume and density change in reverse faults?
a. Volume decreases and density increases
Earthquake Jeopardy
500: What type of fault is the San Andreas and is it near a constructive, destructive or conservative
boundary?
a.
Strike Slip; Conservative
Earthquakes
100: The place where an earthquake starts is a
a. Focus
200: The place directly above the focus
a. Epicenter
300: List the three types of seismic waves that result from an earthquake, in the order that they arrive at
the epicenter AND draw how they move through the crust
a. P waves (push pull)
b. S waves (side to side)
c. L Waves (Surface waves) (loop)
400: The force that prevents rocks from moving past one another
a. Friction
500: Draw and label the parts of an earthquake
a.
Bonus:
100: What is the name of the scientist that studies earthquakes and what tool do they use to measure
them?
a. Seismologist and seismograph
200: What are the two differences between fault block mountains and folded mountains?
a. Fault block mountains are formed in brittle rock under tension; folded mountains are
formed in ductile rock under compression
Earthquake Jeopardy
300: What type of landforms do vertical faults create?
a. Plateau
400: Which type of seismic waves causes the most damage to the crust?
a. Surface Waves or L Waves
500: How do depth of the focus and amount of friction impact the strength of an earthquake?
a. The closer to the surface and the more friction the stronger the quake