Earthquake

Type of stress found at a transform boundary.

• compression

• tension

• shear

• density

Device used to measure earthquakes.

• Quake_meter

• Seismograph

• Mercalli Ruler

• Richter o'meter

What are two categories of seismic waves?

• body and surface waves

• P and S waves

• Love and Rayleigh waves

• Transverse and compression waves

Which wave is a compression (longitudinal) wave?

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Love wave

• Rayleigh wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which seismic wave is the fastest?

• Love waves

• Rayleigh waves

• S-waves

• P-waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Type of stress found at a convergent boundary.

• compression

• tension

• shear

• density

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Which seismic waves do the most damage?

• P-waves

• S-waves

• surface waves

• body waves

Which seismic wave cannot travel through liquids (outer core)?

• P waves

• S waves

• Love Waves

• Rayleigh waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This measurement scale uses observations of people to record intensity of quake.

• Richter

• Magnitude-Moment

• Mercalli Scale

• Seismo Scale

This measurement scale uses measures magnitude (largest jolt of energy released).

• Richter

• Magnitude-Moment

• Mercalli Scale

• Seismo Scale