Chapter 6 Assessment 6th Grade

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of

Which type of fault-monitoring device is most like a carpenter's level?

The land between two normal faults moves upward to form a

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called a(n)

The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called

In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the

If geologists detect many small earthquakes in the area near a volcano, what can they infer?

Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called

Strike-slip fault, rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little

Type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and moves by compression and expansion

What provides the force that causes magma to erupt to the surface?

If a volcano's magma is high in silica, the volcano will probably

Which of the following monitors both vertical and horizontal movements along a fault?

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called

What type of earthquake wave can travel through both liquids and solids?

What does a seismograph record?

What happens when friction between the opposite sides of a fault is high?

Which scale is used to tell how much earthquake damage was done to homes and buildings?

Point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is

A volcano that may erupt again at some time in the distant future is

What triggers the small earthquakes that occur around a volcano before an eruption?

A device that uses wire stretched across a fault to measure horizontal movement of the ground

S waves are also known as

Geologists cannot yet predict earthquakes because

The volcanoes along converging oceanic plate boundaries may form

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called

Because stress is a force, it

Volcanic belts form along

The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface is called the

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?