VOCABULARY
PREPAREDNESS
SEISMIC WAVES
TSUNAMIS
MIXED BAG
100
The study of earthquakes.
What is seismology?
100
Heavy objects should be on these shelves in your home.
What is lower?
100
This type of wave produces most of the damage in an earthquake
What is a surface wave?
100
Tsunamis mostly occur around this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
These smaller earthquakes always follow larger earthquakes.
What are aftershocks?
200
This is the point ON the Earth's surface where the earthquake starts.
What is the epicenter?
200
When you are in school when an earthquake occurs, you should get under this object.
What is a desk?
200
This type of wave is the first to be detected by seismographs.
What are primary waves (p-waves)?
200
Tsunamis are usually caused by earthquakes that happen...
What is underwater?
200
The March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami occurred off the northeast coast of this country.
What is Japan?
300
This is the point under the Earth's surface where an earthquake originates.
What is the focus?
300
If you live near the coast, you need to be aware of the potential for these natural disasters which can follow an earthquake
What is a tsunami?
300
The difference in arrival times of p- and s- waves are used to determine this
What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
300
If you live near the coast and suspect a tsunami, you should go where.
Where is higher ground or further inland?
300
The three most widely used scales to measure earthquakes.
What are the Mercalli, Richter and Moment Magnitude scales?
400
The waves caused by earthquakes.
What are seismic waves?
400
In cities, the location of the vast majority of earthquake casualties/victims.
Where is inside buildings?
400
These types of waves arrive directly after p-waves
What are s-waves?
400
The massive 2004 underwater earthquake off the coast of this country led to more than 300,000 deaths
What is Indonesia?
400
A major fault in Southern California that has produced many earthquakes
What is the San Andreas Fault?
500
A device that measures Earth's movement and detects earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
500
These separate the foundation of a building from the building itself, preventing all of the earthquake's energy from going into the buidling.
What are base isolators?
500
Largest recorded earthquake in history was recorded off the coast of this country
What is Chile?
500
The meaning of the Japanese word, tsunami
What is harbor wave?
500
When an earthquake turns solid soil into a loose, liquid-like substance
What is liquefaction?
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