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2022 Sci 8 Ch. 6
Earthquakes
Term | Definition |
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Seismometer | An instrument that measures earthquake waves |
earthquake | Any shaking of the earth |
stress | A force exerted inside a material |
compression | A contact force that acts to squeeze or crush an object or substance |
tension | Force that act to pull an object apart |
shear | Force acting in opposite directions on different parts of the same object |
Buoyant | An upward force on a less dense object in a denser material |
Divergent | Boundaries where the plate sections are moving apart |
Convergent | Boundaries where the plates are moving towards each other |
Joint | Crack in a rock |
fault | When the sections of a rock on opposite sides of the crack move relative to each other |
strike | Helps determine the direction of a fault |
dip | Angle of a fault down from the horizontal |
Dipslip | A fault where the fault’s motion is parallel to its dip |
Strikeslip | A fault where the only motion along the fault is horizontal |
Pwaves | First, “Primary” waves |
Swaves | Second waves, can’t pass through liquids |
Surfacewaves | Most destructive waves |
focus | Center of earthquake’s activity, deep underground |
epicenter | Spot on earth’s surface directly above the focus |
RichterScale | Strengths of earthquakes are reported using this |
magnitude | Indicates energy released by the earth movement |
intensity | Measure of how much damage actually results from an earthquake |