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Measuring/Recording Earthquakes
Seismic Waves
Earthquake Damage/Safety
Shadow Zones
Earthquake History
100
This instrument is used to measure and record shaking of the ground
What is Seismograph
100
A type of body wave that causes rock to move side to side and up and down
What is Secondary Wave
100
You perform this 3-step procedure during an earthquake
What is Stop, Drop, and Cover
100
Areas on earths surface where no body waves from a particular earthquake can be detected
What is Shadow Zones
100
The year the great Japan Earthquake occured
What is 2011
200
The tracing of motion recorded by a seismograph
What is Seismogram
200
Seismic Waves that travel through the body of the earth
What is Body Wave
200
Earthquakes can cause liquification,landslides, and this giant ocean wave
What is Tsunami
200
This type of Surface Wave cannot pass through the core, resulting in large shadow zones
What is Secondary Waves
200
The magnitude of the Japan Eearthquake
What is 7-8 magnitude
300
The strength or amount of energy released by an earthquake
What is Magnitude
300
Waves that travel along the surface of the Earth that cause more damage than body waves
What is Surface Waves
300
After an earthquake, these type of hazards are still occuring
What is Secondary Hazards
300
Primary Waves change these properties as they travel through earths interior
What is Speed and Direction
300
This is how long the Japanese earthquake lasted
What is 5 minutes
400
The study of earthquakes and Seismic Waves
What is Seismology
400
The fastest seismic wave that can travel through the core and mantle
What is Primary Wave
400
The process where loose soil turns to liquid mud
What is Liquefaction
400
The material Body Waves travel through affect these properties
What is Speed and Direction
400
Chang Heng invented this instrument used to record earthquakes
What is Seismoscope
500
This scale that measures earthquake strength is the one we use today
What is Moment Magnitude Scale
500
This surface wave causes the ground to move perpendicular and horizontally
What is Love Wave
500
A construction method where buildings rest on shock absorbing pads or springs
What is Base-isolated Buildings
500
A region of numerous,closely spaced faults
What is Fault Zone
500
What two tectonic plates are near the plates of Japan
What is Pacific and Eurasian