Earthquakes

Question 1

What are the four layers of the earth

Answer 1

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 2

How is the mantle split

Answer 2

Upper and lower

Question 3

How is the upper mantle split

Answer 3

Lithosphere and astgenosphere

Question 4

What are body waves

Answer 4

Waves that move beneath the surface

Question 5

Frequency

Answer 5

Number of peake in a wave

Question 6

Amplitude

Answer 6

Height of peaks in a wave

Question 7

Types of b waves

Answer 7

Primary and Secondary waves

Question 8

P waves

Answer 8

Compression
Moves in the same direction as the wave
Fastest wave
Like an accordion
Travels through solids and liquids
Slower in liquids 
Faster in solids

Question 9

S waves

Answer 9

Perpendicular to the direction of the wave
Arrive after p waves
Slower than p waves 
Side to side wave s
Can only travel through solids

Question 10

Surface waves

Answer 10

Waves that reach the s ur face of the earth

Question 11

Types of surface waves

Answer 11

Love and Raleigh waves

Question 12

L waves

Answer 12

Surface motion that is side to side or back and forth

Question 13

Raleigh waves

Answer 13

Waves that move up and down…only on string earthquajes

Question 14

Earthquake

Answer 14

A large and sudden release of energy

Occurs 90 in the crust

Question 15

Magnitude

Answer 15

The strength of an earthquake

Question 16

Intensity

Answer 16

Damage an earthquake causes

Question 17

Focus

Answer 17

The exact starting point if the earthquake underground

Question 18

Epicenter

Answer 18

The point on the surface directly above the focus

Question 19

Plate boundaries

Answer 19

Edges where two plates meet

Question 20

Divergent

Answer 20

Plates move apart

Question 21

Convergent

Answer 21

Plates move together

Question 22

Types of convergent

Answer 22

Land to land : mountains

Land to sea : trenches

Question 23

Transform

Answer 23

Plates that move sideways past one another due to tension

Question 24

Fault

Answer 24

Cracks in the earths crust where there is movement

Question 25

Tectonic plates

Answer 25

Lithosphere plates that shirt and move on astgenophere

Question 26

Crust

Answer 26

Ricky outer layer Least densel Oceanic crust ; more dense Continental crust! Thicker , less dense

Question 27

Inner core

Answer 27

A dense ball of solid metal

Question 28

Outer core

Answer 28

Molten metal that surrounds the inner core | Magnetic field is the result of movement

Question 29

Lower mantle

Answer 29

Solid hard rock below the crust

Question 30

Upper mantle

Answer 30

Lithosphere; upper part of the mantle and crust | Astenosphere : softer part of the mantke