The tracing on paper of the ground's motion during an earthquake is a
What is seismogram.
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Are the fastest of the seismic waves
What is Primary Waves.
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This is used to measure: magnitude of an earthquake, amount of energy an earthquake releases, and the strength of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale
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Most earthquakes occur along or near the edges of Earth's
What is tectonic plates.
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This is what you should do when an earhtquake starts.
What is drop, cover, hold.
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The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust which leads to earthquakes is called
What is deformation.
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Most destructive type of waves
What is surface waves.
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An earthquake with a measurement of 5.0 releases 10 times more energy than an earhtquake with a reading of
What is 4.0
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The place inside the Earth where an earthquake begins
What is focus.
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If you are in your car when an earthquake begins you should:
What is slowly stop the car, remain inside, and turn off the engine.
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The intrument that records seismic waves is a
What is seismograph.
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This type of wave moves back and forth like a snake
What is S waves.
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Magnitude Estimated Effects
2.0 Can be detected only by seismograph
3.0 Can be felt at epicenter
4.0 Felt by many people in area
5.0 Causes damage at epicenter
6.0 Causes widespread damage
7.0 Causes great, widespread damage
If an earthquake hits Nashville and most people felt it but there was no damage, what would you expect its magnitude to be?
What is 4.0 to 5.0
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Place on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's starting point.
What is epicenter
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Of the following items which ones would you want to have on hand in case of an earthquake: Bottled water, flashlight, canned food, battery powered radio.
What is all of them.
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An area along an active fault where few earhtquakes have occured recently is
What is seismic gap.
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The order that seismic waves reach seismic stations is
What is primary, secondary (Shear), surface.
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Magnitude Estimated Effects
2.0 Can be detected only by seismograph
3.0 Can be felt at epicenter
4.0 Felt by many people in area
5.0 Causes damage at epicenter
6.0 Causes widespread damage
7.0 Causes great, widespread damage
An earthquake in Paducah, Ky, that causes a few broken windows and some books to fall of the shelves in the library would likely have a magnitude of:
What is 5.0-6.0
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This states that sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are more likely to have earthquakes in the future
What is gap hypothesis.
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You should do this before an earthquake starts.
What is make an emercengy plan.
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This is called the study of earthquakes
What is seismology
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Part 1: If a seismograph detects S waves a long time after it detects P Waves, then the earthquake was:
Part 2: The number seismograph stations are necessary to locate the epicenter of an earthquake
What is far away and 3.
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If an earthquake occurs in Highland, IL that measures 7.5 on the Richter scale, describe some of the possible effects.
What is buildings would come down, pipes could break, bridges damaged, roads damaged, etc.
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What two things do seismologist study to determine the earthquake hazard level for a particular area.