Chap 19 vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| The total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area. | show 🗑
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| The deformation of materials in response to stress. | show 🗑
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| Caused when a material is compressed, bent, or stretched. | show 🗑
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| show | Plastic deformation
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| Any fracture or system of fracture along which Earth moves. | show 🗑
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| show | Seismic wave
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| show | Primary Wave
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| Seismic wave that causes rock particles to move at right angles to the direction of the wave known. | show 🗑
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| Point of the initial fault rupture where an earthquake originates that usually lies at least several kilometer beneath Earth's surface. | show 🗑
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| Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. | show 🗑
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| Instrument used to measure horizontal or vertical motion during an earthquake. | show 🗑
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| Record produced by a seismometer that can provide individual tracking of each type of seismic wave. | show 🗑
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| Numerical rating system used to measure the amount of energy released during an earthquake. | show 🗑
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| show | Magnitude
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| The size of the seismic waves; an increase of 1 in the scale represents an increase in amplitude of a factor of 10. | show 🗑
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| A rating scale that measures the energy released by an earthquake, taking into account the size of the fault rupture, the amount of movement along the fault, and the rock's stiffness. | show 🗑
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| show | Modified Mercalli scale
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| Seismic vibrations can cause the ground to behave like a liquid in a phenomenon. | show 🗑
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| show | Tsunami
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| Are sections located along faults that are known to be active, but which have not experienced significant earthquakes for a long period of time. | show 🗑
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