Seismology Unit Test Review

What is a numerical scale used measure the magnitude or energy release of an earthquake?

• ricter scale

• seismograph

• siesmogram

• mercalli scale

waves generated by an earthquake that travels through earth or along its surface.

• seismic waves

• s waves

• mantle

• richer scale

Which seismic wave does a seismograph detect first?  

• P Wave
• S Wave
• Surface Wave

What are the fastest body waves?

• P waves
• T waves
• S waves
• Q waves

the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

• magnitude
• epicenter
• earthquake
• seismogram

a device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth

• seismic waves
• seismogram
• seismograph
• plateau

the record of an earthquake's seismic waves produced by a seismograph

• seismogram
• earthquake
• seismograph
• epicenter

a type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground

• surface wave
• S wave
• P wave
• Plateau

a type of seismic wave in which the shaking is perpendicular to the direction of the wave

• seismogram
• P Wave
  P wave
• S wave
• Surface wave

stress that pushes masses or rock in opposite directions, in sideways movement

• tension
• fault
• compression
• shearing