Quiz 1 on Earthquakes

beginning point of an earthquake

• lithosphere

• epicenter

• focus

• mantle

point on Earth's surface directly above the focus

• inner core

• outer core

• crust

• epicenter

vibrations, or waves of energy

• seismic waves

• tsunamis

• focus

• epicenter

What are tsunamis?

strength of earthquake's seismic waves

• focus

• seismic waves

• tsunamis

• magnitude

the crust and upper area of the mantle

• outer core

• inner core

• lithosphere

• focus

What wave am I? Move more slowly and in an up-and-down zigzag pattern

• P wave

• S wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave

What wave am I? Move along the ground in a rolling motion

• Love wave

• S wave

• P wave

• Rayleigh wave

What wave moves quickly through both the solid and liquid in the earth's interior; fastest moving body wave - traveling in a straight path by a push- and pull motion

• P wave

• S wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave

slowest moving and most destructive waves; fastest moving land waves moving back and forth in a zigzag pattern

• P wave

• S wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave