Faults and Earthquakes
The area right above the focus of an earthquake.
What is an epicenter?
The wave that arrives first at the seismic station.
What are primary waves?
The level of danger of the situation: Watch, Advisory and Warning
What is a tsunami alert?
The level of the atmosphere where ozone is found.
What is the stratosphere?
The energy released by earthquakes.
What is Seismic energy?
The wave that only travels on solids.
What are S waves?
The highest level of tsunami alert.
What is Tsunami warning?
The level where thunder and lightning occurs.
What is troposphere?
The type of stress that leads to reverse faults?
What is compression force?
The waves caused by underwater earthquakes or landslides.
What are tsunamis?
Give 3 effects of earthquakes.
Fires, Tsunamis, landslides, liquefaction, building damage, injury/death, ground shaking
The layer of atmosphere where the Northern and Southern Light are found.
What is Thermosphere?
The type of stress that leads to a strike-slip fault.
What is a shearing force?
The interaction between Eurasian plate, Sunda plate and Philippine sea plate.
What is Philippine mobile belt?
The natural reservoir of nitrogen.
What is atmosphere?
The wind system that occurs over the coastal region during the day.
What is sea breeze?
The measured strength of an earthqauke.
What is magnitude?
The strength of the community to deal with the consequences of hazards, exposure and vulnerability.
What is coping capacity?
Give the components for computing for the risk.
Write your answer on the board.
The air pressure brought about by warm air.
What is low pressure?