Earthquake/Volcano Review

below the earth's surface, where the earthquake begins

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

vibration of the Earth, quick release of energy

• volanic eruption

• earthquake

• pangea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

smaller earthquakes that follow a major earthquake

• foreshock

• aftershock

• focus waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

tools or instruments used to measure seismic waves caused by earthquakes

• scales

• seismograms

• seismographs

waves that "shake" at right angles to their direction of travel

• surface waves

• secondary waves

• primary waves

earthquakes and volcanoes are highly likely to happen where tectonic plates meet

• False

• True

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

destabilized materials are saturated or soaked with water, and they turn into a movable fluid.

• faults

• magma

• liquefaction

most widely used rating systems for earthquakes, estimates the total energy released

• Richter Scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Mercalli Scale

earthquakes are unpredictable because scientists can't be sure when or where stress will be released along a fault

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

location on the Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake began, felt the strongest at this point

• focus

• epicenter

• fault