Geology Part 2 Test Review

What is an epicenter? 

• Where an earthquake started
• The surface right above where an earthquake started 

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 

• seismogram
• focus seismic map
• focus
• seismograph 

Most earthquakes happen along the _________________. 

• coast
• faults
• desert
• directions

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes
• tsunamis
• lightening
• hailstorms

P-wave

• The center of a earthquake.

• Also known as shear or secondary wave.

• Always the first to arrive; seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in back-and-forth direction

Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same area after a larger earthquake has occurred.

• aftershock
• liquefaction
• tsunami

This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California

• New Madrid
• Denali Fault
• Ramapo Seismic Zone
• San Andreas

Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

• Body Waves
• P Waves
• S Waves
• Surface Waves

P Waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these

S Waves can move through which of the following?

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• All of these