EOSC 114 Quiz: EOSC 114 Module 2 - Earthquakes Practice Quiz 3.docx
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In what type of plate boundary would you expect to see a fault like that on the vertical wall shown below? (hint: use the orangy layer in the middle of the photo as a guide) Answer: divergent, dormant, convergent, hot spot, transform. The richter scale is the most common earthquake magnitude scale used by seismologists. Value: make sure the house is built on solid rock, make sure the house is not next to a building that might collapse onto the house, make sure that there hasn"t been a big earthquake in the. Answer area in the last 5 years: make sure the house is not. 0% directly on a fault line: make sure the house isn"t on an unstable hillside. Foreshocks, mainshocks, and aftershocks are all part of the earthquake cycle. Match the letter with the appropriate tectonic plate boundaries located close to vancouver. Answer: at convergent margins, at transform boundaries, at spreading centres, at divergent margins, within plates.
