Chapter 9 Vocabulary

tending to move toward one point or approaching each other

• convergent

• epicenter

• focus

• viscosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

causes vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in the Earth's lithosphere

• primary wave

• earthquake

• epicenter

• seismic wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

location directly above the focus of an earthquake

• fault

• focus

• epicenter

• seismogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• epicenter

• earthquake

• focus

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate

• focus

• fault

• epicenter

• mantle

Earth's interior below the crust and above the core

• core

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

where Earth's lithospheric plates move and interact with each other

• lithosphere

• epicenter

• plate boundary

• seismic waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

P-wave, fastest moving type of seismic wave; causes particles in the ground to move in a push-pull motion

• secondary wave

• surface wave

• seismic wave

• primary wave

S-wave, causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles relative to the direction the wave travels

• secondary wave

• surface wave

• seismic wave

• primary wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

travels as vibrations on and in the earth

• fault

• seismic waves

• epicenter

• focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2