Vocaulary
Faults
Earthquakes
waves
tsunamis/volcanoes
100
Define Linear Scale
What is a scale that uses equal divisions to represent equal values
100
Which is the Hanging wall? Which is the Foot Wall?
What is the right side is the Hanging Wall
The left side is the Foot Wall
100
The place where the earthquake began
What is the Focus of an earthquake
100
These waves cannot move through liquid
What are S-waves
100
An __?__ can cause a Tsunami deep in the ocean
What is an earthquake
200
Define Focus of an Earthquake
What is the place where the earthquake began
200
This is a _____ fault?
What is Normal
200
The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
What is the Epicenter
200
Which waves move faster
What are Primary waves (P-waves)
200
A Tsunami moves at a speed of _?_
What is 400/500 MPH
300
Define Transverse wave
What is a wave that vibrates perpendicular to the direction it travels
300
This is a ____ fault
What is a Strike-Slip Fault
300
The Richter scale is what type of scale
What is Logarithmic scale
300
Which waves are longitudinal and cause the rocks that they travel through to contract and expand
What are Primary waves (P-waves)
300
As a Tsunami enters shallower waters 2 things happen
What is Waves get taller and it slows down
400
Define Refraction
What is a deflection of a wave due to change in the material through which it is traveling
400
This is a ____ fault?
What is a reverse fault
400
The first seismograph was invented by a __?__ mathematician.
What is Chinese
400
There are 2 basic types of seismic waves
What are body waves and surface waves
400
This single plate is responsible for the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire
What is the Pacific Plate
500
Define Fault-block mountain
What is a mountain that is formed as a result of the motion of rocks along a dip-slip fault
500
This is a ___ fault?
What is oblique-slip fault
500
An earthquake has a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale happens, later on, one that has a magnitude of 4 happens. How much more energy was released in the first earthquake?
what is 32,768 More energy is released in the first earthquake. (32*32*32)
500
These waves are the last waves shown on a seismogram.
What are surface waves
500
The 3 classifications of volcanoes
What are Active, Dormant, and Extinct