Stress, Faults and Plate Tectonics, 5.1

What kind of stress pushes a mass of rock in 2 different directions, causing it to slip apart?

Where do most faults occur?

A giant wave caused by a major earthquake is called a(n) __________.

When a major earthquake's violent shaking turns loose, soft soil into mud it is called ______.

Which are the first and fastest waves to arrive?

The lighter rings in this image show the ____________.

The yellow dot in this image shows where the ____________ is.

What kind of fault is an angle, where the hanging wall moves downward?

When a fault is at an angle, or slanted, what is the block of rock that lies below the other?

These pictures all show different kinds of ______________ .

This picture is an example of ________________.

At what kind of fault does the rock slide past the other side with little up or down motion?

What waves produce severe ground waves, like ocean waves, or shake buildings from side to side?

What kind of stress pushes rock together, squeezing it until it folds or breaks?

What kind of stress stretches, so the rock becomes thinner?

The diagonal (uphill) line in this image shows where the ____________ is.

When a fault is at an angle, or slanted, what is the block of rock that lies above the other?

What waves cannot move through liquids?

______________ can be created when forces in Earth's crust push up a large, flat block of rock.

The star in this image shows where the ____________ is.

When hillsides or mountainsides fall down after an earthquake, it is called a(n) __________.

An earthquake that happens after a larger earthquake in the same area is a(n) __________.

A _____________ fault is slanted like a normal fault, but the hanging wall moves up and over.

Why might a house on a soil river bank have more damage in an earthquake than one on rock?