A seismic wave that compresses and expands rock, fastest wave
What is a p-wave?
100
The shaking of the ground
What is earthquake?
100
Minor shock following the main shock of an earthquakes
What is aftershock
100
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its unreformed shape
What is elastic rebound
100
Earthquakes and volcanos are all over this place(in a circle)
What is Ring of Fire
200
A seismic wave that causes rock to move in a side to side direction
What is s-waves?
200
Someone who studies earthquake
What is seismologist?
200
A large wave that results form large scale seafloor displacements associated with large earthquakes, major submarine slides, or exploding volcanic island
What is tsunami
200
A break in the body of a rock which one block slides relative to another
What is fault
200
Another word for tsunami
What is tidal wave
300
These seismic waves travel more slowly, but are more destructive
What is surface waves?
300
The study of earthquakes
What is seismology?
300
Measures earthquake intensity on a scale of 1- 10
What is Richter Scale
300
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an Earthquake's starting point, or focus
What is epicenter
300
When the crust is merged with the uppermost part of the mantle, it forms lithosphere. The lithosphere is divided into a number of pieces
What is tectonic plates
400
A seismic wave that travels through the earth rather than across its surface
What is body wave?
400
A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake, in all directions
What is seismic wave?
400
The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust: the change in shape of a rock in response to stress
What is deformation
400
The point inside of the Earth where earthquakes begins
What is focus
400
A place where you can't detect earthquakes
What is shadow zone
500
A type of seismic wave in which particles move with a side to side motion perpendicular to the earthquake
What is love and Rayleigh?
500
Measures earthquake intensity and the amount of damage caused by an earthquake
What is Mercalli Intensity Scale?
500
The print out of earthquake activity, shows the p, s, and surface waves
What is seismogram
500
An instrument that records seismic waves
What is seismograph
500
it refers to the precise location of an earthquake