Seismic Waves and Locating the Epicenter

Large earthquakes release huge amounts of stored up energy as _________.

• earthquake

• faults

• hypocenter

• epicenter

• seismic waves

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The study of earthquake waves is called:

• Seismology

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Seismograms

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

Instruments used to record earthquake waves are called:

• Seismology

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Seismograms

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

The records obtained from seismographs are called ______.

• Seismology

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Seismograms

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

The type of body wave that travels the fastest by compression are called:

• Seismology

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Seismograms

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The type of body wave that travels slower by moving at right angles to the direction of travel are called:

• Seismology

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Seismograms

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Earthquake waves that travel through Earth’s interior, and NOT along the surface, are called:

• Body waves

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Surface waves

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Earthquake waves that travel in the rock layers just below Earth's surface are called:

• Body waves

• Seismometers (Seismographs)

• Surface waves

• S-Waves (Secondary waves)

• P-Waves (Primary waves)

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which type of wave cannot travel through liquids?

• P-waves (Primary waves)

• S-waves (Secondary waves)

• Body waves

• Sea waves

• Surface waves

Which type of wave travels with a push/pull (compressional) motion?

• P-waves (Primary waves)

• S-waves (Secondary waves)

• Body waves

• Sea waves

• Surface waves