Seismic Waves Vocabulary

seismic waves that travel through the Earth's interior

• Body Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Surface Waves

• Seismogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth

• seismograph

• Seismic Waves

• Surface Waves

• Seismogram

 seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface. These cause the most damage.

• P Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Surface Waves

• S Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An area on the Earth's surface where no direct seismic waves from a particular earthquake can be detected.

• seismograph

• refraction

• shadow zone

• Seismogram

A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph

• Seismograph

• Seismic Waves

• Surface Waves

• Seismogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

waves of energy that travel through and along the Earth

• Body Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Surface Waves

• Seismogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The amount of time between the arrival of P waves and the arrival time of S Waves

• Body Waves

• S-P Gap

• Refraction

• Seismogram

Fastest seismic waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion

• Body Waves

• S Waves (Secondary Waves)

• P-waves (Primary waves)

• Surface Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Second fastest seismic waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion

• Body Waves

• S Waves (Secondary Waves)

• P-waves (Primary waves)

• Surface Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The spreading out of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening

• diffraction

• refraction

• reflection

• absorption