earthquake Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
earthquake | a crack in the earth the that has force to bring down buildings. |
crust | is where earthquakes happen. |
fault | is what starts a earthquake |
mantle | is the layer under the crust. |
lithosphere | crust and upper mantle |
lithospheric plates | are kinda like techtonic plates. they move very slowly. |
seismologists | are people that are earth scientists. |
s wave | a curvy seismic wave |
p wave | a straight seismic wave |
surface wave | a combination of s and p wave |
focus | the center of a earthquake. |
epicenter | the momentum of a earthquake |
seismic wave | the energy of a earthquake |
magnitude | the catergory of the earthquake |
tsunami | enormous waves that hit land |
liquefaction | when soil is completly wet |
aftershock | are tiny earthquakes. |
tension ties | A strap that connects wood to steel. |
base isolators | moves with building. |
cross bracing | bars of steel that support the building |
flexible pipes | has flexible joints |
shear core walls | are in the center of the building. |
mass damper | shakes with earthquake. |
stress | pressure building up |
tension | pulling apart |
compression | push togehter |
strike-slip fault | slides easily |
normal fault | foot wall goes up |
reverse fault | foot wall goes down |
anticline | a shape fold |
syncline | another shape fold |
palteau | a large flat area of land made by faults |
hanging wall | other side of a fault |
footwall | one side of a fault |
shearing | opposite directions. |
mericali scale | a measurement of earthquake waves |
inner core | the hottest part of the earth. |
outer core | the second hottest part of the earth |
oceanic crust | 5 to 40 kilometers to mantle |
Continental crust | 45 to 70 kilometers deep |
richter scale | is a scale that defines the damage. |
basalt | makes up most of oceanic crust. |
granite | most of continental crust |
asthenosphere | hot and is like taffy. |
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