BJU Science 6 Ch 1

crust and upper area of the mantle

• pyroclastic flow

• lithosphere

• epicenter

• magnitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

beginning point of an earthquake

• seismic wave

• epicenter

• magnitude

• focus

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

scientist who studies the movement of the earth

• seismologist
• meteorologist
• oceanographer
• geophysicist

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

vibrations of energy flowing from the focus

• particles
• hurricanes

• tsunamis

• seismic waves

strength of an earthquake's seismic waves

• magnitude

• debris flow

• richter scale

• rayleigh waves

giant ocean wave

• tidal wave
• storm surge
• tsunami
• hurricane

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

idea that earth's crust is made up of moving plates

• Plate Tectonics
• Tectonic Shifts
• Crust Dynamics
• Earthquake Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Rayleigh waves

• moves in a rolling motion

• moves in an up and down pattern

• moves in a zigzag pattern

• moves in a push and pull motion

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

avalanche-like emission of red hot dust and gases

• rayleigh waves

• tephra

• tsunami
• pyroclastic flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

mud and rock fragments that surge down a mountain when part of it collapses

• seismic waves

• pyroclastic flow

• debris flow

• rayleigh waves

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5