EDS 2

A tool scientists use to represent ideas or an explanation

• Model

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Faults

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Fractures in bedrock, along with blocks of rock on the opposite side of the fracture moves

• Fault

• Intensity

• Richter Scale

• Intensity

A measure of the total amount of energy released at the focus of the earthquake

• Intensity

• Magnitude

• Fault

• Seismogrph

A measure of the damage done by an earthquake that is determined on the basis of the earthquakes effect on people, structures and natural environment

• Fault

• Magnitude

• Intensity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Instrument used to detect earthquake waves

• Seismograph

• Seismologist

• Biologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Rating of the earthquake's magnitude based on the size of the earthquake's seismic waves (0-9)

• Mercalli Scale

• Earthquake Scale

• Richter Scale

A change in the form or qualities of an object with the intention of impacting how the object functions

• Model

• Modification

• Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

System developed to rate earthquakes according to damage (I-XII)

• Modified Mercalli Scale

• Richter Scale

A person who studies earthquakes and seismic activity

• Biologist

• Seismologist

• Chemist

• Epidemiologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Vibrations in the Earth caused by sudden release of energy, usually as a result of of movement along the fault

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Crater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2