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secondary, smaller earthquakes
What are aftershocks
100
a crack in a rock where movement has happened
What is a fault
100
the center of earthquake activity
What is the focus
100
Landslides, volcano eruptions, and slipping faults all cause _____________
What are earthquakes
100
An ocean wave caused by an earthquake
What is a tsunami
200
_______ seismic stations are needed to pinpoint an earthquake's epicenter
What is 3
200
When a rope is pulled, ___________ is happening
What is tension
200
__________ stress is the key stress is causing earthquakes
What is shear stress
200
a strike-slip fault is a ____________ fault
What is transform
200
Most major faults in the US are found here
What are mountain ranges
300
While joints do not involve visible movement of rocks, ___________ do involve movement
What are faults
300
the fastest body wave
What is a P wave
300
reverse fault is a type of ______________ fault
What is a dip-slip
300
Subduction occurs at these boundaries
What are convergent boundaries
300
energy of an earthquake
What is magnitude
400
this is used to express an earthquake's magnitude
What is the Richter scale
400
_______________ travel on the earth's surface, through the earth, and through the core
What are seismic waves
400
a body wave that cannot travel through the earth's core
What is an S-wave
400
Between one point to the next on the Richter scale, there is about ______ times more intensity
What is 32
400
the two types of surface waves
What are Rayleigh and Love waves
500
To most secular geologists, ______________ faults explain how older fossils were placed above younger ones
What are overthrust faults
500
point of Earth's surface just above the center of earthquake activity
What is the epicenter
500
put the three types of body waves (surface, P, and S) in order from fastest to slowest
What is P, S, and surface
500
In this secular view, supports consider the word day to be equal to God's work day, which, in this view, can be much different than an Earth day.
What is the Analogous Days view
500
a geologist who studies the earth's movements and the structure of its interior
What is a seismologist
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