Lesson 5.2 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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an instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake
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seismograph
2
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a tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph
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seismogram
3
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the point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point, or focus
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epicenter
4
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the point along a fault at which to first motion of an earthquake occurs
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focus
5
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the simplest method that scientists use to find an earthquake’s epicenter
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S-P time method
6
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a scale used to measure the magnitude, or strength, of Earthquakes
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Richter magnitude scale
7
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the measure of the degree to which an earthquake is felt by the people and the amount of damage caused by the earthquake
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intensity
8
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the measure of the strength of an earthquake
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magnitude
