Vocabulary!!!
Waves!!!
Earthquake Zones!!!
100
a person who studys earthquakes
What is a seismolist
100
a wave that travels through solids, liquids, and gases; the fastest wave; first to be detected
What is a P-wave
100
Answers may vary. Epicenter Fault edges Transform, Convergent, and Divergent boundaries Tectonic plates
Where are earthquake zones?
200
Answers may vary The bending, tilting, and breaking of the earth's crust The break down of the earth's crust
What is deformation
200
Move side to side; 2nd fastest wave; cannot travel through complete liquid
What is an S-wave?
200
An area where two tectonic plates collide
What is a convergent boundary?
300
the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
What is elastic rebound?
300
surface and body waves the speed depends on what it is traveling through
Seismic waves are...
300
An area where two tectonic plates pull apart causing magma to rise and cool.
What is a divergent boundary?
400
the rising of regions of the earth's crust to higher elevations
What is uplift?
400
waves that travel on the earth's crust; they do the most damage; travel back and forth and up, down ,and around
Surface Waves are......
400
An area where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally cause the rock to break down.
What is a transform boundary?
500
the sinking of regions of the Earth's crust to lower elevations
What is subsidence?
500
back and forth
What motion does a P-wave pull rock?
500
One of the land masses gives and sinks under the other.
What happens when two land masses collide?
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