Vocab 1
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Vibrations within the Earth causing earthquakes is called>
What are seismic waves
100
Where is the focus with respect to the epicenter?
What is directly below the epicenter
100
Which seismic wave is the most destructive?
What are L-Waves
100
__________ are caused by tension forces, which result in a vertical change.
What are tension faults
100
Earthquakes occur along___________where two chunks of lithosphere scrape together.
What are plate boundaries.
200
This is the measure of the strength released from an earthquake
What is magnitude
200
What measures the effect of an earthquake at a particular location?
What is the intensity
200
Which wave can only travel through solids?
What are S-Waves.
200
A normal fault results in a _________force causing a vertical change.
What is tension
200
Moho Discontinuity is the boundary between crust and mantle where seismic waves speed up or slow down depending on the _________of the layers.
What is density
300
The _______ of a tsunami gradually increases as the depth of the ocean decreases
What is height
300
What measures intensity of how bad things were during the earthquake?
What is the Mercalli Scale
300
What is the, "Shadow Zone?"
Where seismic waves cannot pass.
300
___________ is capable of accurately measuring a magnitude 8 earthquake.
What is Moment Magnitude Scale
400
These occur after an earthquake and can cause as much damage.
What are aftershocks
400
What kind of fault results in a horizontal shift?
What is Strike-Slip fault
400
As the height of a tsunami __________the depth_________.
What is increase, decrease.
400
__________ cause reverse faults.
What is compression force.
500
These waves are the first waves to hit the surface
What are P-Waves
500
What type of stress causes a strike-slip fault?
What is Shear
500
Tsunamis are caused by what?
What are Earthquakes under the sea
500
_________ are cracks along which rocks slide.
What is faults
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