Earthquakes

Front

What is the point below the surface of the Earth where the rock breaks and causes an earthquake?

Back

Focus

Front

What feature can sometimes be found within a plate instead of at a plate boundary?

Back

Fault

Front

How many seismograph stations are needed to pinpoint an epicenter?

Back

3

Front

What scale rates the size of the seismic waves?

Back

Richter Scale

Front

What type of fault is caused by tension in rock?

Back

Normal Fault

Front

What is the term for the surface location directly above the focus of an earthquake?

Back

Epicenter

Front

What instrument is used to measure seismic waves?

Back

Seismograph

Front

What type of fault occurs when two blocks of the Earth's crust slide past each other horizontally?

Back

Strike-slip Fault

Front

What is the name of the scale that measures the intensity of an earthquake based on its effects?

Back

Mercalli Scale

Front

What geological feature is formed at a convergent plate boundary?

Back

Mountain Range