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Plate Tectonics And Earthquakes Flashcards

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Liquid layer of earth core

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Outer core

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Outermost layer of earth

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Lithosphere

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Fault cause of tension

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Normal

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Fault cause compression

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Reverse

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Reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?

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Upward

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Normal fault, hang wall move to footwall

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Downward

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Force to sharp mts

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Tension

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Area where tectonic plates meet

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Boundary

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When tectonic plates collide

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Convergent

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Plates separate

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Divergent

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Plates slide past

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Transform

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NOT evidence for continental drift

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Oceanic plate theory

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1st continent

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Pangea

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Where does sea floor spreading take place

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Mid ocean ridges

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Measure movement of tectonic plates

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Global Positioning System

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Hardens to form new rock at mid ocean ridges

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Magma

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Measure density of earth layers

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Seismograph

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Evidence for continental drift

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Fossils

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Evidence for sea floor spreading

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Magnetic reversal

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Steppes that squeezes a rock layer

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Compression

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The raising of rock layer

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Uplift

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Stress that stretches rock layer

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Tension

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Sinking rock layer

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Subsidence

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Most earthquakes occur along edges of

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Tectonic plates

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What deformation leads to eqs

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Elastic deformation

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NOT a fault that lead to earthquakes

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Abnormal fault

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Waves of energy

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Seismic waves

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The epicenter is

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Directly above the focus

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Strength of earthquake is determined by

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The amount of ground motion

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Scale to measure strength of an eq

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Ritchie’s magnitude

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Intensity determined by

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Amount of damage

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Measure of How likely an area is to experience an earthquake is

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Earthquake hazard level

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Forecast earthquakes by observing their past

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Strength and frequency

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NOT kind of technology to construct eq resistant buildings.

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Tectonic plate

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When in a car when earthquake begin

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Stop car and stay inside

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Waves known as secondary or shear

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S waves

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Begin point of eq

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Focus

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Branch of science eqs

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Seismology

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Change in rock repsonded to stress

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Deformation

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First waves to. Arrive

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P waves

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Snapping back of deformed rock to its previous shape

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Elastic rebound

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Tracing of eq motion

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Seismogram

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Recorder of seismic waves

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Seismograph

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Shock absorber for seismic waves

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Seismogram

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Method find eq epicenter

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S-p time method

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Area where few eqs have happened but will in the future

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Seismic gap

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Major eq where none occurred recently

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Gap hypothesis

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Weaker eqs after strong eq

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Aftershocks

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