SCI8 REVIEW GAME

It is a record of the seismic waves detected by an instrument that monitors ground vibration is called ________.

• seismometer

• seismogram

• seismograph

He is the Italian scientist who invented the first seismograph is _______.

• Enrico Fermi

• Filippo Cecchi

• John Milne

The amount of shaking is stronger when an area is near the __________.

• epicenter

• fault

• fault plane

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology is an agency under _______.

• Department of Natural Resources

• Department of Environment

• Department of Science and Technology

This word is also known as hypocenter.

• epicenter

• focus

• hypercenter

It is a special type of kinetic energy that is released when the rocks break along a fault.

• seismo energy

• potential energy

• seismic energy

These are faults that are known to have generated earthquake within the last 10, 000 years

• active fault

• inactive fault

• normal fault

This machine differs from a seismograph mainly because it records earthquakes electronically.

• seismometer

• seismos

• seismogram

It is the densest layer of the Earth and can be found at the very center.

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

It tells how much a certain area was shaken when the earthquake reached that area.

• intensity

• amplitude

• magnitude