Magnitude and Intensity Vocab

geologist

• scientist that studies the earth

• scientist that studies earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Charles Richter

• developed the Richter magnitude scale

• developed the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale

• discovered earthquakes

seismologist

• scientsit that studies earth

• scientist that studies earthquakes

magnitude

• amount of damage from an earthquake

• amount of energy released from an earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

seismogram

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

• measures intensity

• measures magnitude

intensity

• damage done by an earthquake

• total amount of energy released from an earthquake

Richter Scale

• measures magnitude

• measures intensity

• a special type of seismograph

• a special type of seismogram

Modified Mercalli Scale

• measures intensity

• measures seismic waves

• measures magnitude

• invented by Charles Richter

focus

• The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake

• Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

epicenter

• Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus

• The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake