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Earthquake Review Flashcards

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1
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Seismic wave that travels through solids & liquids

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P Wave

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This type of fault happens at transform plate boundaries

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Strike-Slip

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Seismic waves tend to slow down as they travel through ___ material.

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hot

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Earthquake waves ___ in intensity the farther you move away from the epicenter

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decrease

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S waves can not travel through the outer core proved that Earth’s outer core is

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liquid

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6
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Fastest seismic waves

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P-Wave

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Two blocks of rock slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

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Strike-Slip, Transform

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This type of fault happens at convergent plate boundaries

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Reverse

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Instrument that measures & records ground motion

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seismometer

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10
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In what region do 80% of earthquakes occur?

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Circum-Pacific

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11
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Slowest seismic wave

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Surface

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When energy is released during an earthquake, it is strongest near the ___

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Epicenter

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13
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At what type of boundary do deep earthquakes occur?

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Convergent

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14
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Seismic wave that generally cause the most damage at Earth’s surface

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Surface

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15
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Spot inside the Earth where Earthquakes first start!

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Focus

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16
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At what type of boundary do shallow earthquakes occur?

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Divergent

17
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The location at Earth’s surface directly above the Earthquake’s focus

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Epicenter

18
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A scientist that studies earthquakes

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seismologist

19
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This type of fault happens at divergent plate boundaries

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Normal Fault

20
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Seismic wave that only travels through solids

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S-Wave

21
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A graphical illustration of seismic waves

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seismogram

22
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Earthquakes happen when tectonic plates move & the edges stick together, but the plates keep moving so… ___!

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snap

23
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A break in the Earth’s lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away or past another

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fault

24
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Earthquake waves originate from where rocks first move along a fault, at a location inside the earth

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focus

25
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Seismic wave that cause particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion similar to a coiled spring

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P-Wave

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Earthquake scale that measures earthquake intensity based on the descriptions of all earthquake’s effects on people & structures. Used to evaluate earthquake intensity based on the damage that results

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Mercalli

27
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Method that uses the speeds & travel times of seismic waves to determine the distance to an earthquake’s epicenter from at least 3 seismometers

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Triangulation

28
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The type of fault that forces pull two blocks of rock apart. The block of rock above the fault moves down relative to the block below the fault

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Normal

29
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Seismic wave that cause particles to move up & down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels

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S-Wave

30
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The type of fault that forces (pushes) two blocks of rock together. The block above
the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault

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Reverse

31
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Earthquake scale that uses the amount of ground motion at a given distance from an earthquake to determine magnitude. Used when reporting to the general public

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Ritcher

32
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Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in the Earth’s
lithosphere

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Earthquake

33
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The type of fault where two blocks of rock slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

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Strike-Slip

34
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Seismic wave that cause particles in the ground to move up & down in a rolling or elliptical motion in the same direction that waves travel - similar to ocean waves

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Surface

35
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1 Strongest earthquake in the USA - 1964 Prince William Sound in ___.

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Alaska

36
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1 Strongest earthquake in the World 1960 -Bio-Bio, ___ (valdivia earthquake)

A

Chile

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