Earthquake Vocabulary Study Guide + Pop Quiz

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock

across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass.

• Seismic Wave

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Aftershock

A mechanical wave of acoustic energy that travels

through the Earth or another planetary body.

• Seismic Wave

• Mechanical Wave

• Volcanic Eruption

• Mountains

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A smaller earthquake that follows a

larger earthquake, in the same area of the main shock, caused as the displaced crust

adjusts to the effects of the main shock.

• Aftershock

• Foreshock

• Main Shock

• Seismic Wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An instrument that responds to ground noises and

shaking such as caused by quakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions.

• Bass Instrument

• Earthquakes

• Seismograph

• Seismologist

The magnitude of seismic energy released during an

earthquake is measured by the _

• Richter Scale

• Enhanced Fujita Scale

• Global Scale

• Synoptic Scale

Point of origin of an earthquake.

• Seismometer

• Focus

• Enhanced Fujita Scale

• Global Scale

A fissure in the earth’s crust through which gases erupt.

• Volcano

• Focus

• Foreshock

• Seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An earthquake that is smaller than, and precedes, a “mainshock”.

• Small shock

• Big shock

• Foreshock

• Mainshock

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2