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Chapter 7 - Earthquakes

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
intensity
d.
triangulation
b.
epicenter
e.
Richter scale
c.
focus
f.
Modified Mercalli scale
 

 1. 

process that is used to find an earthquake’s epicenter
 

 2. 

the measurement of the effects of an earthquake at Earth’s surface
 

 3. 

scale used to measure earthquake intensity
 

 4. 

location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
 

 5. 

point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point
 

 6. 

scale used to measure earthquake strength
 
 
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
 

 7. 

measurement of how likely an area is to have damaging earthquakes
 

 8. 

giant ocean wave caused by an earthquake  that causes a vertical movement of the sea floor
 

 9. 

area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past
 

 10. 

process of making older structures more earthquake resistant
 

 11. 

structure that helps prevent waterlines and gas lines from breaking during an earthquake
 

 12. 

structure that acts as a shock absorber for a building during an earthquake
 

 13. 

a weight placed in the roof of a building to counteract building movement
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
reverse fault
c.
strike-slip fault
b.
normal fault
d.
earthquake
 

 14. 

forms at transform boundaries
 

 15. 

forms at convergent boundaries
 

 16. 

forms at divergent boundaries
 

 17. 

caused by energy released when blocks of rock move
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
focus
c.
lag time
b.
epicenter
d.
seismogram
 

 18. 

the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s starting point
 

 19. 

a tracing of earthquake motion
 

 20. 

the time between the arrival of P waves and the arrival of S waves
 

 21. 

the location within Earth where an earthquake begins
 
 
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
 

 22. 

waves that are also known as secondary waves
 

 23. 

the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins
 

 24. 

a ground movement caused by a release of energy when rocks along a fault move
 

 25. 

waves of an earthquake that are always the first to arrive
 

 26. 

the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
 

 27. 

a tracing of earthquake motion
 

 28. 

a process used to find an earthquake’s epicenter
 

 29. 

the basis for forecasting that a major earthquake is likely along a fault where no earthquakes have occurred recently
 

 30. 

an area where few earthquakes have happened recently but probably will happen in the future
 



 
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