Vocabulary
These are vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere
What is an earthquake?
This type of fault happens at a transform boundary
What is a strike-slip fault?
This is the fastest type of wave
What is a primary wave?
This type of technology allows water and gas lines to bend with the swaying of a building
What are flexible pipes?
This type of earthquake scale measures the amount of ground motion from an earthquake
What is the Richter scale?
This is a scientist who studies earthquakes
What is a seismologist?
This type of fault happens at a divergent boundary
What is a normal fault?
This is the slowest type of wave
What is a surface wave?
This type of technology looks like an "X", is in between floors, and keeps the building from swaying too much
What are steel cross braces?
This is another name for primary wave
What is p-wave?
This is the beginning of the earthquake where rocks first move along a fault inside the Earth
What is the focus?
This type of fault happens at a convergent boundary
What is a reverse fault?
This type of wave has a push-pull type of motion
What is a primary wave?
This type of technology acts as shock absorbers and are made of rubber and steel
What are base isolators?
This is a graphic illustration of a seismic wave
What is a seismogram?
This is the location on Earth's surface directly ABOVE the beginning of the earthquake
What is the epicenter?
This type of fault happens when rocks slide past each other horizontally
What is a strike-slip fault?
This type of wave has a side-to-side motion
What is secondary wave?
This type of technology is located at the top of the building and receives signals from a computer to counteract swaying during an earthquake
What is a mass damper?
This type of illustration allows people to understand how likely an earthquake is to happen in a particular area
What is an earthquake hazard map?
This is a break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another
What is a fault?
This type of fault happens when rocks are being pulled apart
What is a normal fault?
This type of wave has a rolling motion
What is surface wave?
This type of technology is located at the bottom of the building and receives signals from a computer to counteract the swaying of the building during an earthquake
What is an active tendon system?
These are the five earthquake-resistant technologies used in buildings to hopefully keep the building from falling over during an earthquake
What are flexible pipes, base isolators, mass damper, active tendon system, cross braces (Free Big MAC)?