Science Lesson 3: This is how it is built! Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
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Earthquakes that occur under the sea; Japanese word for “Harbor Waves”

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Tsunami

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Shaking of the ground caused by tremendous release of energy due to the pressure in Earth’s crust

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Earthquake

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3
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Fracture in between two blocks of rock

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Fault

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4
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Hanging walls fall down

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Normal Fault

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5
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Visible line/crack on the Earth’s surface

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Fault Line

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6
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Movement of a hanging wall

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Dip-Slip Fault

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7
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Fault with little to no movement

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Strike-Slip Fault

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8
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Hanging wall moves upwards

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Reversed Fault

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9
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Causes of Earthquakes

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  1. Volcanic Eruption
  2. Tectonic Plate Movement
  3. Manmade Activities
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10
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Effects of Earthquakes

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  • Intense Shaking.& Ground ruptures
  • Collapsing houses/buildings
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11
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Slope or inclination of any geological surface

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Dip

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12
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Rock that falls above the fault line

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Hanging Wall

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13
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Rock that falls below the fault line

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Foot Wall

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14
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Horizontal line drawn on the sloping surface

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Strike

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15
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2 Types of Body Waves

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Primary (P-Waves) and Secondary (S-Waves)

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16
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2 Types of Surface Waves

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Love waves and Rayleigh Waves

17
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This type of Body waves can travel through solid only and has less velocity.

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Secondary (S-Waves) Waves

18
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This type of body wave can travel through both solid and liquid and travels faster.

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Primary (P-Waves) Waves

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Wave that sweeps the surface in a side-to-side motion

20
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Wave that moves in an up-and-down movement

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Rayleigh Waves

21
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Instrument that detects/measures seismic waves

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Print/Display screen of seismic data

23
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Is internal in a seismograph; acts as a pendulum

24
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It is the quantitive measure of the energy released by an earthquake

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Refers to the strength of an earthquake
Intensity
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Most common scale used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake
Ritcher Scale
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Process of mountain building
Orogeny
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Large surface feature that rises from the ground
Mountain
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Series of mountain chains
Mountain Range
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First scale used in identifying earthquake intensity
Rossi-Forel Scale
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Process wherein magma escapes from Earth's interior
Vulcanism
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Magma that has reached the surface
Lava
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Now widely-used scale that used Rossi-Forel scale as basis for development
Modified Mercalli Scale
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Magma's ability to flow
Viscosity
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Landform with an opening at its tip; "vent" of the Earth
Volcano
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When magma has cooled above the surface, it is called ____.
Extrusive Vulcanism
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Magma that has risen but is still underground
Intrusive Vulcanism