In each blank, try to type in the
word that is missing. If you've
typed in the correct word, the
blank will turn green.
If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: aftershockDefinition: An that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area. Term: Definition: An upwrd fold in rock formed by of Earth's crust. Term: base-isolated Definition: A building mounted on bearings to absorb the energy of an earthquake. Term: compressionDefinition: Stress that rock until it folds or breaks Term: deformationDefinition: A change in the or shape of Earth's crust Term: Definition: The shaking that results from the of rock beneath Earth's surface. Term: epicenterDefinition: The point on Earth's surface directly an earthquake's focus Term: faultDefinition: A break in Earth's where slabs of rock slip past each other Term: fault-block Definition: A mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a of rock Term: Definition: The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and an earthquake Term: Definition: A bend in rock that forms where part of 's crust is compressed Term: footwallDefinition: The block of rock that forms the half of a fault Term: hanging Definition: The block or rock that forms the upper half of a Term: Definition: the process by which an earthquake's violent suddenly turns loose soil into liquid mud Term: Definition: the of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults Term: scaleDefinition: a scale that rates earthquakes according to intensity and how much damage they cause Term: moment scaleDefinition: a scale that earthquakes by estimating the total energy released by an earthquake Term: faultDefinition: a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; by tension in the crust Term: P waveDefinition: a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the Term: plateauDefinition: a large area of flat land high above sea level Term: faultDefinition: a type of fault where the hanging wall moves up and over the footwall; by compression in the crust
Term: Richter Definition: a scale that seismic waves as measured by a particular tpe of mechanical seismograph Term: S Definition: a type of seismic wave that the ground up and down or side to side Term: waveDefinition: a vibration that through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake Term: Definition: a device that ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through the Earth Term: Definition: stress that a mass of rock in opposite directions Term: Definition: a that acts on rock to change its shape or volume Term: strike-slip Definition: a type of where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion Term: surface Definition: a type of seismic wave that forms when P waves and S reach Earth's surface Term: synclineDefinition: a downward fold in rock by compression in Earth's crust Term: Definition: stress that stretches rock so that it thinner in the middle Term: tsunamiDefinition: a large wave produced by an earthquake on the floor |
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