Terms to Know
Faults
Seismic Waves
Richter Scale
100
A series of shock waves traveling through the earth.
What is a earthquake?
100
Normal, reverse , and strike slip are relatated to this.
What is the 3 types of faults?
100
P waves stand for what.
What is a primary wave?
100
This is the highest number on the Richter scale.
What is it is open ended?
200
I am a force exerted inside of a material.
What is stress?
200
A divergent boundary is associated with this type of fault.
What is a normal fault?
200
How many seismic stations are needed to located the epicenter of an earthquake?
What is 3.
200
The highest rating on the MMI scale.
What is 12?
300
This occurs when the sections of rock on opposite rock on opposit sides of the crack move relatative to each other.
What is fault?
300
This boundary is associated with a reverse fault.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
300
What does S wave stand for?
What is secondary waves?
300
An a EQ with a rating of 7.5 releases how much more energy than a 6.5.
What is 32 times more?
400
This is a wave that forms when seismic waves shake a body of water.
What is a tsunami?
400
Shear plate boundarys are associated with this type of fault.
What is a strike slip fault?
400
These waves cause the most damage.
What is a long wave?
400
T or F, you can have an EQ with a high magnitude but a low intensity value.
What is true?
500
I am the measure of an EQ's damage.
What is intensity?
500
The three types of stress is these.
What is compression, shear, and tension?
500
area of no seismic waves between 104⭕️ And 140⭕️(Degrees) from the focus of an EQ.
What is shadow zone?
500
Richter scale measures by this.
What is magnitude?
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