Earthquake waves

Intensity is expressed in _____.

• Roman Numerals

• Hindu-Arabic Numerals

• Both Roman Numerals and Hindu-Arabic

• In any way you like it

_____ is a type of body wave that arrive first in the seismic station and considered as the fastest wave.

What type of wave is S wave?

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• ultrasonic wave

How do rock particles move during the passage of primary wave?

• no motion

• in circular motion

• push-pull parallel to the direction of the wave

• push-pull perpendicular to the direction of the wave

What is the most destructive seismic wave?

• primary wave

• secondary wave

• shear wave

• surface wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Which of the following are body waves?

• Primary and Love wave

• Secondary and Rayleigh wave

• Primary and Secondary wave

• Love and Rayleigh wave

_____ is the densest layer of the earth made up of solid iron and nickel.

Which layer of the earth known as the outer

most shell.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

______ these are the series of smaller earthquake after an large earthquake.

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Main shock

• After shock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

____ is the measure of size or strength of an energy released by an earthquake from the focus