An earthquake happens when the _______ “snaps” where it breaks suddenlyGroup of answer choicesAsthenosphereLithosphere.SeafloorCrust

A “crack” along which plates move relative to each other, causing earthquakes, is called a _____.Group of answer choicesrigidstripefault fracture

During an earthquake, you will first encounter an inital shaking, followed by a different type of shaking. This later type of shaking is due to?Group of answer choicesS-WavesP-WavesTsunamisLandslides

.The shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.*1 pointSeismologistRadarEarthquakeEarth's crust7.A rock under enough stress will fracture. If there is no movement on either side of a fracture, the fracture is called a ________.*1 pointbendjointbreakenergyOption 58.It is the force applied to a rock and may cause deformation.*1 pointdip-slipboundarystressfault9.What causes faults on Earth's surface?*1 pointIt is caused by stress created by two blocks of rocks.It occurs when two blocks of rock separate from one anotherA hanging wall moves in comparison to the footwall.The hanging wall moves above or below the footwall.Other:10.A block of crust that is located above the fault plane*1 pointfracturehanging wallfootwallslip11.The block of rock positioned above the plane*1 pointfault planecrustfoot wallhanging wall12. Volcanic eruptions, explosions, landslides, avalanches, and even rushing rivers can also cause ____________.*1 pointseismic wavestectonic platedivergent boundarycrack13.______________ is a type of stress that causes the rocks to push or squeeze against one another.*1 pointnormaltensionalcompressionalshear14.This type of stress occurs along divergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates are tearing away from one another.*1 pointtensionalshearingcompressionalconfining15.A type of stress occurs at boundaries where two plates are sliding sideways past one another, like cars traveling in opposing lanes on a highway.*1 pointcompressionaltensionaldip-slipshearing16.The part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.*1 pointmagnitudeepicenterhypocenterintensity17.The plane that represents the fracture surface of a fault.*1 pointfault tracefault planefaultfracture18.A place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface.*1 pointepicenterfocusfault linehorizontal plane19.A boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other. *1 pointconvergenttransformplatedivergent20.A plate boundary wherein the two plates sliding  to past each other.*1 pointconvergentshearingtectonictransformOption 5

.A ___________earthquake is one that occurs when the earth's crust breaks due to geological forces on rocks and adjoining plates that cause physical and chemical changes.*1 pointtectonicvolcaniccollapseexplosion

.The shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.*1 pointSeismologistRadarEarthquakeEarth's crust