MEASUREMENTS OF EARTH QUAKE

Question 1

IT IS THE STUDY OF EARTHQUAKE.

Answer 1

SEISMOLOGY

Question 2

IS A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES EARTHQUAKES

Answer 2

SEISMOLOGIST

Question 3

ENERGY REALEASED IN AN EARTHQUAKE THAT TRAVELS IN WAVES.

Answer 3

SEISMIC WAVES

Question 4

THE FIRST KNOWN EARTHQUAKE DETECTOR WAS INVENTED IN 132 A.D.

Answer 4

EARTHQUAKE WEATHERCOCK

Question 5

CHINESE ASTRONOMER AND MATHEMATICIAN WHO INVENTED “EARTHQUAKE WEATHERCOCK.” (“HOUFENG DIDONG YI”)

Answer 5

CHANG HENG

Question 6

INSTRUMENT THAT RECORDS THE SHAKING OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE
CAUSED BY SEISMIC WAVES

Answer 6

SEISMOGRAPH

Question 7

PAPER RECORD OF THE EARTHQUAKE DATA.

Answer 7

SEISMOGRAM

Question 8

THE SIZE OF AN EARTHQUAKE DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE ___________

Answer 8

FAULT

Question 9

SHORT WIGGLY LINE THAT DOESN’T WIGGLE
VERY MUCH MEANS A

Answer 9

SMALL EARTHQUAKE

Question 10

LONG WIGGLY LINE THAT
WIGGLES A LOT MEANS A

Answer 10

LARGE EARTHQUAKE

Question 11

RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASED AT THE
HYPOCENTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE

Answer 11

MAGNITUDE

Question 12

BASED ON THE
OBSERVED EFFECTS OF GROUND SHAKING ON PEOPLE, BUILDINGS, AND NATURAL
FEATURES.

Answer 12

INTENSITY

Question 13

DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCALES

Answer 13

• RICHTER SCALE
  *MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE
  *MOMENT MAGNITUDE SCALE

Question 14

The Richter magnitude scale was developed
in 1935 BY WHO?

Answer 14

Charles Francis Richter

Question 15

This scale uses the observations of the people
who experienced the earthquake, and the
amount of damage that occurred, to estimate its
intensity

Answer 15

modified mercalli intensity scale

Question 16

WHO INVENTED MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE

Answer 16

Giuseppe Mercalli

Question 17

WHO MODIFIED the
original scale in 1931 to become what is now
known as the Modern Mercalli Intensity Scale

Answer 17

Harry
Wood and Frank Neumann

Question 18

RESISTANCE OF ROCK TO BENDING WHEN FORCE IS APPLIED

Answer 18

ROCK RIGIDITY

Question 19

The shaking of the ground caused by sudden motions along the
faults, or fractures in the earths crust

Answer 19

earthquake

Question 20

it works over a wider range of
earthquake sizes and is applicable
globally and it
is based on the total moment release
of the earthquake.

Answer 20

moment magnitude scale,

Question 21

The distribution of intensity at different locations
is shown graphically using________

Answer 21

isoseismals

Question 22

depth of earthquake causes more intense
shaking at the surface

Answer 22

Shallow earthquakes

Question 23

depth of earthquake that have seismic waves that
attenuates on their way
to the surface

Answer 23

Deep earthquakes

Question 24

DEPTH OF EARTHQUAKE

Answer 24

Shallow earthquakes
Deep earthquakes

Question 25

Three Features of Shaking

Answer 25

perception by people and animals

performance of buildings

changes to natural surroundings