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Earthquake Vocab.
Definitions
Question | Answer |
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Epicenter | point on Earth's surface directly above on earthquake's focus |
Fault | the surface of such a break along which rock moves |
Lava | molten rock flowing onto Earth's surface |
Lithosphere | rigid layer of Earth about 100 km thick, made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle |
Magnitude | a measure of the energy released by an earthquake |
Rifts | long crack, fissure, or trough that forms between tectonic plates moving apart at plate boundaries. |
Seismic safe | describes the ability of structures to stand up against the vibrations caused by an earthquake |
Seismic waves | earthquake waves, including primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves. |
Surface waves | the slowest and largest of the seismic waves and they cause the most damage during a Earthquake. |
Seismograph(also P and S waves) | an instrument they use to obtain a record of seismic waves from all over the world |
Tsunami | powerful seismic sea waves that begins over at ocean-floor earthquake, can reach 30 min height when approaching lang, and can cause destruction in coastal areas |
Volcanoes | cone-shaped hill or mountain formed when hot magma,solids, and gas erupt onto Earth's surface through a vent |
Pyroclastic flow | hazard for inhabitants of Montserrat |
Ritcher Scale | a scale to see the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake |
Hypocenter | the region of initiation of seismic energy within the Earth during earthquakes |
Rayleigh waves | move along the surface of Earth form a wave thta is much like a ocean wave |
Hypocenter | the region of initiation of seismic energy within the Earth during earthquakes |
Rayleigh waves | move along the surface of Earth form a wave thta is much like a ocean wave |
Love waves | displace Earth material at the surface in a horizontal snake-like motion.They don't travel through water |