Earth Science, Earthquakes Review

Vibrating, shaking, or rapid motion of Earth's crust

• Fault

• Earthquake

• P-Wave

• S-Wave

The rigid outer layer of Earth that moves around Earth's surface

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Plastic layer of the mantle

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Inner core

• Crust

Plates slide past each other at this type of boundary

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Complex

Boundary type in which plates are spreading apart

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Complex

• Transform

Plates are coming together at this type of boundary

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Complex

Wide belt around Earth on the opposite side of the focus that does not receive ANY P or S-waves

• Focus

• Richter Scale

• Shadow Zone

• Epicenter

The point underground on the fault plane where the break (energy) occurs

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Earthquake

This seismic wave can travel through any material

• P-Wave

• S-Wave

• L-Wave

• X-Wave

This seismic wave is also called a shear wave

• P-Wave

• S-Wave

• L-Wave

• Y-Wave