Earthquake Hazard

Question 1

Also known as a quake, tremor or temblor. Is the preceptible shaking of the surface of the Earth

Answer 1

EARTHQUAKE

Question 2

Was an american geophysicist

Answer 2

HARRY FIELDING REID

Question 3

Spots where the break occurs

Answer 3

FOCUS OR HYPOCENTER

Question 4

Directly above the focus of an earthquake

Answer 4

EPICENTER

Question 5

Energy that is released in an earthquake in the form of vibration

Answer 5

SEISMIC WAVES

Question 6

Hypo means

Answer 6

BENEATH

Question 7

Epi means

Answer 7

SURFACE

Question 8

Early warning signs of earthquake hazards

Answer 8

• SEISMOGRAPH
• SEISMOMETER
• SEISMOGRAM

Question 9

Is an instrument used to measure movements in earth’s surface

Answer 9

SEISMOGRAPH

Question 10

The earliest sesmoscope was invented by the chinese philosopher

Answer 10

CHANG HENG IN A.D 132

Question 11

Working with Ewing and Gray in 1880, was a british geologist and mining engineer who invented a simple horizontal pendulum seismograph

Answer 11

JOHN MILNE

Question 12

Is a device for measuring the movement of the earth, consists of a ground-motion detection sensor

Answer 12

SEISMOMETER

Question 13

A record produced by a seismograph on a display screen or paper printout

Answer 13

SEISMOGRAM

Question 14

Travel through the interior of the earth

Answer 14

BODY WAVES

Question 15

It is also called compressionsl waves

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PRIMARY WAVES OR P-WAVES

Question 16

CANNOT PASS THROUGH FLUIDS OR LIQUIDS

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SECONDARY WAVES OR S-WAVES

Question 17

Scientists know that inner core exists

Answer 17

INGE LEHMANN

Question 18

Travel at the surface of the earth

Answer 18

SURFACE WAVES

Question 19

Two types of surface waves

Answer 19

• LOVE WAVES
• RAYLEIGH WAVES