Earthquakes

The San Andreas Fault is an example of a famous ______________ fault.

If you wanted to avoid living in an area with high risk of earthquakes, where would you live?

Which factor does NOT effect the speed of a seismic wave?

Which waves travel the deepest into the Earth?

What do primary (P-waves) waves do when they hit the liquid outer core?

What is the point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs?

What do secondary waves do when they hit the liqui outer core?

How many seismographs are needed to accurately locate an earthquake's epicenter?

At what type of fault do rocks on either side of the fault move past each other?

What type of fault is happening when the rock above the fault moves upward?

A break in the Earth's lithosphere is called . . .

What waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake?

If a force applied to a fault is larger, what happens to my chances of a large earthquake?

At what kind of plate boundary does a normal fault occur? (when two forces pull apart)

What are the most destructive seismic waves called?

Which scale is used to measure the magnitude or the amount of ground motion in an earthquake?

Which scale is used to classify an earthquake based on degree of destruction?

If the primary, secondary and surface waves are farther apart, the epicenter is ______________.

Where do most earthquakes NOT occur?

Which movement of two blocks of rock along a fault causes an earthquake?