Earthquake and Earth's Interior Quiz

The vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy

• Focus

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Fault

The point within Earth where the earthquake starts. 

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Faults

The location on the surface directly above the focus.

• Faults

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Earthquake

The fractures in Earth where the movement has occurred.

• Earthquake

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Faults

The small earthquake that follows the main earthquake. 

• Foreshock

• Aftershock

small earthquake that often precedes a major earthquake

• Foreshock

• aftershock

instruments that record earthquake waves.

• Surface waves

• Seismographs

• Seismograms

Traces of amplified, electronically recorded ground motion made by seismographs

• Seismograph

• seismograms

• Surface wavs

Seismic waves that travel along Earth’s outer layer

• Seismographs

• seismograms

• surface waves

Waves that are push-pull waves that push (compress) and pull (expand) in the direction that the waves travel

• P-waves

• S-waves