Chapter 3 Earthquakes Flashcards
What is directly above the focus
The epicentre
How do earthquakes occur
When plates collide,slide past each other or separate
What are severe shocks called
Tremors
What are aftershocks
Small tremors
What is directly below the epicentre
The focus
What is a fault line
A crack in the earths surface
What is used to measure the shocks
The seismograph
What is used to measure the force of the earthquake
The ritcher scale
What is the seismograph used for
Measuring the shocks
Where do the most severe shocks (tremors) happen
The epicentre
Why does japan experience many earthquakes
It is on the ring of fire
I am a series of seismic waves that shake the ground and buildings
What am I ?
Earthquake
Where does the rock break?
The focus
Where do the most severe shocks occur?
The epicentre
What happens after an earthquake?
Aftershocks
