Lesson 5.1

Question 1

the study of earthquakes

Answer 1

seismology

Question 2

the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress

Answer 2

deformation

Question 3

the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape

Answer 3

elastic rebound

Question 4

a wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an Earthquake in all directions

Answer 4

seismic waves

Question 5

the shaking of the Earth determined by using seismographs

Answer 5

earthquakes

Question 6

scientists who study Earthquakes

Answer 6

seismologists

Question 7

giant pieces of Earth’s outermost layer

Answer 7

tectonic plates

Question 8

a break in the Earth’s crust along which the blocks of the Earth’s crust slide relative to one another

Answer 8

fault

Question 9

the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in shape of rock in response to stress

Answer 9

deformation

Question 10

deformation that does not lead to Earthquakes

Answer 10

plastic deformation

Question 11

deformation that leads to Earthquakes

Answer 11

elastic deformation

Question 12

a boundary where two plates slide past each other

Answer 12

transform boundary

Question 13

a boundary where two plates slide away from each other

Answer 13

divergent boundary

Question 14

a boundary where two plates slide towards each other

Answer 14

convergent boundary

Question 15

seismic waves that travel along the Earth’s surface

Answer 15

surface waves

Question 16

a seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in a side-to-side direction

Answer 16

S waves

Question 17

a seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in a back-and-forth direction

Answer 17

P waves