All terms in this list:

liquefaction: the process that changes loose, soft soil into liquid mud during an earthquake.

compression: Folded rock is a sign of the stress force called

base-isolated building: A building designed to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake

seismograph: a device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves that move through Earth

creep meter: a devices that would be used to measure horizontal movement along the ground

tension: The stress force that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle

drop, cover, and hold: The best way to protect yourself during an earthquake

shearing: Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions

P-wave: The seismic waves that arrive first.

anticline: A fold in rock that bends into an arch

earthquake: the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

stress: the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.

deformation: change in the volume or shape of Earth's crust.

fault: a break in Earth's crust where slabs of crust slip past each other.

strike-slip fault: A fault where two blocks move horizontally in opposite directions along the fault line with little up and down movement.

normal fault: one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below the fault the plates move in opposite directions.

reverse fault: the blocks move toward each other, with the footwall moving down and the hanging wall moving up.

fault block mountain: when the normal faults uplift a block of rock making a mountain.

folds: bends in rock that form when compression shortens and thickens part of Earth's crust

plateau: A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.