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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | intensity | d. | triangulation | b. | epicenter | e. | Richter scale | c. | focus | f. | Modified Mercalli scale |
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process that is used to find an earthquake’s epicenter
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the measurement of the effects of an earthquake at Earth’s
surface
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scale used to measure earthquake intensity
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location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake
occurs
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point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting
point
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scale used to measure earthquake strength
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | seismic gap | e. | tsunami | b. | mass damper | f. | base isolator | c. | earthquake
hazard | g. | retrofitting | d. | flexible pipe |
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measurement of how likely an area is to have damaging earthquakes
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giant ocean wave caused by an earthquake that causes a vertical movement
of the sea floor
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area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but
where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past
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process of making older structures more earthquake resistant
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structure that helps prevent waterlines and gas lines from breaking during an
earthquake
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structure that acts as a shock absorber for a building during an
earthquake
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a weight placed in the roof of a building to counteract building
movement
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | reverse fault | c. | strike-slip fault | b. | normal fault | d. | earthquake |
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forms at transform boundaries
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forms at convergent boundaries
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forms at divergent boundaries
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caused by energy released when blocks of rock move
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | focus | c. | lag time | b. | epicenter | d. | seismogram |
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the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s
starting point
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a tracing of earthquake motion
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the time between the arrival of P waves and the arrival of S waves
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the location within Earth where an earthquake begins
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | elastic rebound | f. | focus | b. | P waves | g. | triangulation | c. | S
waves | h. | seismic
gap | d. | earthquake | i. | gap hypothesis | e. | seismogram |
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waves that are also known as secondary waves
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the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins
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a ground movement caused by a release of energy when rocks along a fault
move
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waves of an earthquake that are always the first to arrive
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the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
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a tracing of earthquake motion
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a process used to find an earthquake’s epicenter
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the basis for forecasting that a major earthquake is likely along a fault where
no earthquakes have occurred recently
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an area where few earthquakes have happened recently but probably will happen
in the future
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