Ch. 5.1 Flashcards
The study of earthquakes.
Seismology
The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in shape of rock in response to stress.
Deformation
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
Elastic Rebound
The branch of science, which is Earth science, that is devoted to studying earthquakes.
Seismology
The scientists who study earthquakes.
Seismologists
The giant pieces of Earth’s thin, outermost layers.
Tectonic Plates
It can permanently damage a rock from stress or strain, and leaves it deformed.
Plastic Deformation
Waves in an earthquake that move from side to side and can’t move through liquids.
S Waves
Waves in an earthquake that move back and forth and are the first to arrive in an earthquake.
P Waves
A motion where two tectonic plates move past each other.
Transform Motion
A motion where two tectonic plates move away from each other.
Divergent Motion
A motion where two tectonic plates collide.
Convergent Motion
A type of wave that travels along the Earth’s surface.
Surface Wave
A type of wave that travels through the Earth’s interior.
Body Wave
It allows the rock to return to its original state without any damage from stress or strain that’s put on the rock.
Elastic Deformation
