Vocabulary Words Flashcards
Natural disaster:
An event occurring naturally that has a large-scale effects on the environment.
Earthquake:
Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of the movement of rocks amount a fault .
Region:
Any area on earth with one or more common characteristics.
Longitude:
The distance I the Earth’s surface between a specific point and the prime meridian in Greenwich, English.
Latitude:
The distance on the Earth’s surface point and the equator.
Aftershock:
An earthquake wave that follows the main shock of an earthquake.
Focus:
The location where the rupture of an earthquake begins and energy is released.
Epicenter:
The point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake.
Fault:
A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move.
Magnitude:
A measure of the total amount of energy released at the source of an earthquake.
Seismology:
The study of earthquakes.
Seismologists:
A scientist who studies earthquakes.
Seismograph:
An interment the detects, records, and measures the vibrations produced by an earthquake.
Seismogram:
The record made by a seismograph;the paper on which earthquake waves are recorded.
Seismic wave:
A wave generated by earthquake vibrations.
