Earthquakes

Use the diagram to answer #14

• Epicenter

• Wave Front

• Fault

• Focus

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Rock becomes _________ and changes shape of the ground along a fault due to the stress.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

After a sudden snap in the earthquake, the rock returns back to its original shape.

• rebound

• deformed

• larger

• small

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The epicenter of an earthquake is

• The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs

• The seismic station closest to the earthquake

• The place where the greatest damage occurs

• The point on the surface directly above the focus

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A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph. This can be on a huge sheet of paper, shows P-waves 

• Seimogram 

• Seismic wave

• Carrollton 

• Deformed 

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The Richter scale measures:

• the amount of radon gas released

• the movement of plates

• the strength of an earthquake

• the weight of tectonic plates

The farther a seismic station is from an earthquake, a person will notice that  the time between P and S waves

• Increases

• Decreases

• Same

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

• Epicenter

• Focus

• Underground

• Crust

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Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

• New York, NY

• Nome, Alaska

• Guadalajara, Mexico

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What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

• Intensity

• Epicenter

• Magnitude

• Seismogram