Chapter 8 Science Vocab

The study of earthquakes?

• Seismology

• Deformation

• Seismograph

• Seismogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust?

• Deformation

• Elastic Rebound

• Gap Hypothesis

• Seismic Gap

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape

• Elastic Rebound

• Seismic waves

• Seismogram

• Gap Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Waves of energy that travels through the earth and away from an earthquake in all directions?

• Seismic Waves

• S Waves

• P Waves

• Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction?

• P Waves

• S Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Elastic Rebound

Seismic waves that cause particles of rock to move in a side-to-side direction?

• S Waves

• P Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Gap Hypothesis

An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake?

• Seismograph

• Seismogram

• Gap Hypothesis

• Elastic Rebound

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A tracing of earthquake motion?

• Seismogram

• Seismograph

• Elastic Rebound

• S Waves

The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point or focus?

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Gap Hypothesis

• Seismic Gap

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The point along a fault at which the 1st motion of an earthquake occurs?

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Gap Hypothesis

• Seismograph