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Earthquake Flashcards

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1
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Earthquake is a ____ force

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Endogenic

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Earthquake is a _____ source to tell abt interiors

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Indirect

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3
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Earthquake takes place in

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Lithosphere

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4
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Lithosphere consists of

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Crust + outer mantle

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5
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Outer mantle also called

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Asthenosphere

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Seismology

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Seismograph

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8
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Isoseismic lines

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Richter scale out of ?

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Mercalli scale out of

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Richter scale measures

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Mercalli scale measures

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Focus / hypocentre

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14
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Epicenter

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15
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____is perpendicular ____

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Epi,hypo

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16
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3types of waves

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P,S,L

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17
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1st wave to travel from focus or hypocenter

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P wave

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18
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2nd wave to travel from focus or hypocenter

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S

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19
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Surface wave also known as

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L wave ( P+ S)

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20
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P wave can travel through

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Solid > liq> gas ( max speed solid )

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21
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P wave also called

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Primary wave

22
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S wave also called

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Secondary wave

23
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P wave is ____ wave ( transversal or longitudinal)

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Longitudinal

24
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S wave is a ___ type of wave

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Transverse

25
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P wave travels faster , y

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It’s longitudinal so travels faster + 1 St to reach surface

26
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L wave known as

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Surface wave or body waves

27
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Most destructive wave

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L

28
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S wave doesn’t passes through

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CORE

29
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S wave travels through only

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Solid

30
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Last wave to reach

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Surface/ body / L wave

31
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Which wave travels only on surface

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L wave

32
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2 nd wave to reach surface

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S

33
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___ wave can travel easily through mantle

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P wave

34
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Which wave has less shadow zone

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P wave

35
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Which wave have largest shadow zone

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S wave

36
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What is shadow zone

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Waves don’t travel in that zone n deflect

37
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P wave shadow zone

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105 to 105+40 ( 145)

38
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S wave shadow zone

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Beyond 105

39
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India doesn’t have which zone

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Zone 1

40
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What does zone tells

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41
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Total how many zones are there

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Zones 5

42
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Zone 5 in India

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Ran if Kutch , uttrakhand

43
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Delhi comes in which zone

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Zone 4

44
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How can u detect earthquake

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Emission of Radon
Animals
Detect P wave on seismograph

45
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Energy released in earthquake is due to which energy

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Elastic energy

46
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Maximum damage happens at ___

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Epicenter

47
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1 St place to experience seismic on earths surface epic

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Epicenter

48
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1 St to be notes on seismograph

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P wave

49
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Most earthquake caused in

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Ring of fire

50
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Zone 5 Uttrakhand n rann of Kutch haven___ types of rocks

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Basaltic rocks

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