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Earthquake Flashcards

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1
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Earthquake is a ____ force

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Endogenic

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Earthquake is a _____ source to tell abt interiors

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Indirect

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Earthquake takes place in

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Lithosphere

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Lithosphere consists of

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Crust + outer mantle

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Outer mantle also called

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Asthenosphere

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Seismology

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Seismograph

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Isoseismic lines

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Richter scale out of ?

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Mercalli scale out of

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Richter scale measures

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Mercalli scale measures

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Focus / hypocentre

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Epicenter

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____is perpendicular ____

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Epi,hypo

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3types of waves

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P,S,L

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17
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1st wave to travel from focus or hypocenter

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P wave

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2nd wave to travel from focus or hypocenter

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S

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Surface wave also known as

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L wave ( P+ S)

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20
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P wave can travel through

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Solid > liq> gas ( max speed solid )

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21
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P wave also called

22
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S wave also called

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Secondary wave

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P wave is ____ wave ( transversal or longitudinal)

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S wave is a ___ type of wave

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P wave travels faster , y
It's longitudinal so travels faster + 1 St to reach surface
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L wave known as
Surface wave or body waves
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Most destructive wave
L
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S wave doesn't passes through
CORE
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S wave travels through only
Solid
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Last wave to reach
Surface/ body / L wave
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Which wave travels only on surface
L wave
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2 nd wave to reach surface
S
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___ wave can travel easily through mantle
P wave
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Which wave has less shadow zone
P wave
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Which wave have largest shadow zone
S wave
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What is shadow zone
Waves don't travel in that zone n deflect
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P wave shadow zone
105 to 105+40 ( 145)
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S wave shadow zone
Beyond 105
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India doesn't have which zone
Zone 1
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What does zone tells
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Total how many zones are there
Zones 5
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Zone 5 in India
Ran if Kutch , uttrakhand
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Delhi comes in which zone
Zone 4
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How can u detect earthquake
Emission of Radon Animals Detect P wave on seismograph
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Energy released in earthquake is due to which energy
Elastic energy
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Maximum damage happens at ___
Epicenter
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1 St place to experience seismic on earths surface epic
Epicenter
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1 St to be notes on seismograph
P wave
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Most earthquake caused in
Ring of fire
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Zone 5 Uttrakhand n rann of Kutch haven___ types of rocks
Basaltic rocks

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