Which of the Following Statements About Earthquakes Is NOT True

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about earthquakes is NOT true?

• A) An earthquake's focus is the place within the Earth where rocks shift in response to stress.
• B) Aftershocks are caused by continued reverberation of rock after a major earthquake.
• C) After an earthquake, rocks along a fault temporarily lock in place and resist further movement, causing earthquakes to be sporadic rather than continuous.
• D) An earthquake's epicenter is in the exact center of the fault that causes the earthquake.

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Definitions:

Chemical Changes

Reactions that result in the transformation of substances into one or more different substances, involving the making and breaking of chemical bonds.

Top-down Processing

A cognitive process that uses context and pre-existing knowledge to understand information.

Constriction

The act or process of drawing together or becoming narrower; it can apply to physical objects, bodily processes, or even psychological states.

Accommodation

In psychology, the process of adjusting existing cognitive structures in response to new experiences; in vision, the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.