6C and D Flashcards
An impending _______ cannot be reliably predicted, sometimes can be sensed by animals, and can alter water tables.
Earthquake
The _______ _______ measures earthquake damage
Modified mercalli
A special geologist who studies earth’s movements and the structure of its interior is called a ___________
Seismologist
Rayleigh waves and Love waves are not examples of _________
Surface waves
What is the name of the scale used by geologists to make reports of earthquakes known to the public?
Modified Mercalli or Richter
What type of fault most secular geologists believe could explain how older fossils were placed above younger fossils
Overthrust
Certain types of _______ travel only on the earth’s surface, through the earth but not the core, or through the earth including the core
Seismic waves
An instrument that both detects and records waves is a ________
Seismograph
Almost all earthquake _______ are shallower than about 670 km into the earth’s interior
Focus
_______ is used to express an earthquake’s magnitude
Richter or Seismograph
________ is the energy of an earthquake
Magnitude
The _______ scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake
Richter scale
______ is the fastest body wave
P-wave
________ is the pint of the earth’s surface above the center of earthquake activity
Epicenter
________ is a body wave that cannot travel through the earth’s core
S-wave
