Ch.5

Question 1

The study of earthquakes.

Answer 1

Seismology

Question 2

The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress.

Answer 2

Deformation

Question 3

The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.

Answer 3

Elastic Rebound

Question 4

A wave of energy that travels through Earht, away from an earthquake in all directions.

Answer 4

Seismic Wave

Question 5

A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back-forth motion.

Answer 5

P Wave

Question 6

A seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in a side-side direction.

Answer 6

S Wave

Question 7

An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.

Answer 7

Seismograph

Question 8

a tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph.

Answer 8

Seismogram

Question 9

The point on the earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s staring point, or focus.

Answer 9

Epicenter

Question 10

The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

Answer 10

Focus

Question 11

A hypothesis that is based on the idea that a major earthquake is more likely is more likely to occur along the part of an active fault where no earthquake

Answer 11

Gap Hypothesis

Question 12

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Answer 12

Seimic Gap