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Science 10 Worksheet 2
Science 10 Worksheet 2
Learning Target/s:
a. Identify the parts of an earthquake fault and its classifications.
I. LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
a. Concept Notes
Fault- is a crack across which the rocks have been offset first.
Four Parts of faults
1. Fault plane – maybe slopping or vertical; the part where the fault occurs.
2. Fault Trace – a line that may be visible or not, which occurs on earth’s surface.
3. Hanging Wall – refers to the block of crust above the faults
4. Foot Wall – refers to the block of crust below the fault
Classifications of Earthquake according to their angle of dip and their relative displacement:
1. Normal Fault – a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall as a result of
extension. Ex: Cabrillo Fault
2. Reverse Fault (Thrust Fault) – a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall
as a result of compression. Ex: Sumatra Earthquake fault in 2004
3. Strike-Slip Fault – a fault in which two blocks of crust slide past each other on the same plane
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B. Classifications of fault
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c. Processing Questions:
1. What do you think will happen if Earth has no fault?
2. Why it is important especially engineers to locate first the fault lines before building?
d. Framing Concepts
Directions: Fill in the concept map.
ANATOMY OF AN
EARTHQUAKE