BJU Space/Earth 6 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| A series of inaudible shock waves traveling through the earth. | earthquake |
| The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of an earthquake. | epicenter |
| It is the point generally some distance below the earth's surface at which earthquake waves are generated. | focus |
| The amount of energy that is produced by a phenomenon; in seismology, the measure of the destructiveness of an earthquake as indicated by the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale. | intensity |
| The measure of the brightness of a star; a measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake. | magnitude |
| The first waves that reach a seismic station after an earthquake. Such earthquake waves are capable of passing through the earth's core. | P wave |
| An open-ended scale of earthquake magnitude. A magnitude of 3 can be barely felt. A magnitude of 9 or more is completely devastating. | Richter scale |
| The second type of earthquake wave to reach a seismic station after the P waves from the earthquake. This type of wave cannot pass through the core of the earth. | S wave |
| An instrument that detects earthquake waves | seismometer |
| A long-wavelength sea wave produced by volcanic or seismic action near or under the ocean; can cause great and sudden devastation when it comes ashore in a populated area. | tsunami |
| One of several kinds of earthquake waves that travel along the surface of the earth | surface wave |
| Any force exerted on the matter in an object | stress |
| Forces or stresses that act to squeeze or crush an object or substance | compression |
| Forces or stresses that act to pull an object or substance apart | tension |
| Forces or stresses acting in opposite directions on different parts of the same object or substance | shear |
| The margin between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other or diverging | divergent boundary |
| The margin between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other or converging | convergent boundary |
| The margin between two tectonic plates that are sliding in opposite directions parallel to the margins | transform boundary |
| Any change in the shape of a solid due to stresses exerted on the material | strain |
| A stress crack in a rock that shows no indications of motion of the rock on either side of the crack | joint |
| A crack or joint in rock where the rock on both sides of the joint have moved relative to each other | fault |
| The compass direction of an imaginary line drawn horizontally on the surface of a fault face or rock stratum. Helps indicate the orientation of the fault or stratum at a given location | strike |
| The angle of slope of a fault face or stratum, measured from the horizontal plane to the fault or stratum surface | dip |
| A fault whose main motion is parallel to its dip direction | dip-slip fault |
| A dip-slip fault in which the body of rock above the fault surface drops relative to the body of rock underneath the fault surface | normal fault |
| A dip-slip fault in which the upper body of rock slides upward relative to the lower body of rock | reverse fault |
| A fault along which the main movement is horizontal or parallel to the faults strike; also called a transform fault | strike-slip fault |
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