Earthquake Vocab Practice

The vibrations in the ground that result from the movement along breaks in Earth's Lithosphere.

• fault

• Earthquake

• surface wave

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another.

• Valley

• Focus

• Fault

• epicenter

Energy that travels as vibrations on and in Earth.

• Seismic waves

• epicenter

• Fault

• divergent boundary

Seismic waves where rocks first move along the fault, at a location INSIDE the Earth.

• Core

• Focus

• Mantle

The location on Earth's Surface directly above the earthquake's focus.

• epicenter

• fault

• focus

• intensity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The fastest moving wave, cause particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion similar to a coiled spring.

• Body Waves

• Primary Waves

• S Waves

• Surface Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Slower than p-waves, they cause particles to move up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels.

• Compression Wave

• Principal Wave

• Shear Wave

• Secondary Wave

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Cause Particles in the ground to move up and down in a rolling motion, similar to ocean waves. Generally cause the most damage at Earth's surface.

• Compression Wave

• Principal Wave

• Shear Wave

• Surface Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A scientist that studies earthquakes.

• seimology

• seismologist

• seismogram

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An instrument that measures and records ground motion and can be used to determine the distance seismic waves travel.

• seismic wave

• seismometer

• seismograph