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6 True/False questions

Definition Term 1 of 21
A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. p wave

True

False

Definition Term 2 of 21

The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and focus
causes an earthquake

True

False

Definition Term 3 of 21

type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side p wave

True

False

Definition Term 4 of 21

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from earthquake
underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

True

False

Definition Term 5 of 21
a type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach seismogram
Earth's surface

True

False
 Definition Term 6 of 21
a type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S waves reach seismogram
Earth's surface

True

False

5 Multiple choice questions

Definition 7 of 21
vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

epicenter

seismic

seismograph

tsunami

Definition 8 of 21

a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake

tsunami

aftershock

earthquake

seismic

Definition 9 of 21

the boundary between the earth's mantle and crust

ehp

moho

focus

peo
 Definition 10 of 21
a rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake

seismograph

foreshock

s wave

moment magnitude

Definition 11 of 21

A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch

surface wave

reverse fault

normal fault

strike slip fault

5 Matching questions

a small burst of shaking that occurs before a large earthquake A. foreshock 12-16 of 21

B. plateau

C. compression

D. epicenter

E. syncline

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level

A downward fold in rock formed by compression in Earth's crust

A force that pushes on or squeezes a material.

 is the point on the surface above the focus

5 Written questions

Definition 17 of 21

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.

Definition 18 of 21

The process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud

Definition 19 of 21

a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)

Definition 20 of 21
The block of rock that forms the lower half of a fault

Definition 21 of 21

A wave that travels along a surface separating two media