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    This document describes an experiment using two small boxes taped together with a rubber band and paper clip inserted between them to demonstrate how faults can generate earthquakes when they experience a sudden slip after a period of built up stress, but steady sliding along a fault does not always cause an earthquake.

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    This document describes an experiment using two small boxes taped together with a rubber band and paper clip inserted between them to demonstrate how faults can generate earthquakes when they experience a sudden slip after a period of built up stress, but steady sliding along a fault does not always cause an earthquake.

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    Stick and Slip

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    This document describes an experiment using two small boxes taped together with a rubber band and paper clip inserted between them to demonstrate how faults can generate earthquakes when they experience a sudden slip after a period of built up stress, but steady sliding along a fault does not always cause an earthquake.

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    Stick ‘n Slip

    Objectives:

    1. explain how faults generate earthquakes; and


    2. explain why not all movement along faults produces earthquakes.

    Materials:

    two small boxes (fruit juice boxes)

    masking tape

    rubber band

    paper clip

    Observations:

    Conclusion:

    Therefore,

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