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ScienceExamReview6
Chapter 6 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tremor that follows and is smaller than a major earthquake | Aftershock |
| Vibration of the earths crust | Earthquake |
| Theory that rocks that are strained past a certain point will fracture and spring back to their original shape | Elastic rebound theory |
| Point on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Epicenter |
| Group of interconnected faults | Fault zone |
| Area along a fault at which slippage first occurs, initiating and earthquake; one of two points within an ellipse that determines the shape of the figure | Focus |
| Surface of long wave; the slowest wave generated bean earthquake and the last to be recorded by a seismograph | L wave |
| Primary wave; the fastest wave generated by an earthquake and the first to be recorded by a seismograph | P wave |
| Major earthquake zone that forms a ring around the Pacific Ocean | Pacific ring of fire |
| Scale that expresses the magnitude of an earthquake | Richter scale⭐ |
| Secondary wave; a wave generated by an earthquake and the second to be recorded by a seismograph | S wave |
| Instrument used to detect and record seismic waves | Seismograph |
| Giant ocean wave that often occurs after a major earthquake with an epicenter on the ocean floor | Tsunami |