Week 18 Vocabulary

A person who has seen something happen and is able to describe it.

• Experiment

• Fault

• Heave

• Eyewitness

A scientific test to try out something in order to learn about it.

• Eyewitness

• Experiment

• Fault

• Heave

A crack in the Earth's crust

• Heave

• Eyewitness

• Experiment

• Fault

1. To move up and down over and over. 2. To lift, pull, push or throw with a lot of effort.

• Heave

• Trigger

• Pinpoint

• Aftershock

To cause something to start or happen.

• Fault

• Heave

• Trigger

• Experiment

To figure out the exact location of something

• Experiment

• Aftershock

• Tsunami

• Pinpoint

An earthquake’s strength

• Trigger

• Magnitude

• Aftershock

• Fault

A smaller weaker earthquake that often follows a main earthquake event.

• Aftershock

• Fault

• Magnitude

• Surge

A gigantic wave of seawater caused by an earthquake in oceanic crust.

• Aftershock

• Surge

• Magnitude

• Tsunami

To move forward quickly, suddenly, and with force.

• Surge

• Magnitude

• Aftershock

• Fault