science reviewer

Give the 3 layers of the Earth write your answers down below (all lower caps)

is a fracture or a break in the earth's crust

TYPES OF FAULTS / when the rock that is hanging over the slanted fault plane slips down

magnitude 8 or more

fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.

is the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus

where the focus located

any edge of the fault plane

offset on the ground surface where one side of a fault has moved vertically

waves that transmit

it refers to the effect of the earthquake in one place

measures the intensity of the earthquake

measure of the energy released by the earthquake

it is the point of origin or an earthquake

CATEGORIES / identified to the cause most damage because they occur near the surface of the earth

about 12% are classified

3% recorded world wide

an instrument used to detect and record seismic wave

HOW AN EARTHQUAKE GENERATES TSUNAMIS? / it is a series large _____ with extremely long wavelength, it is formed as the displaced water

these are waves of energy released in all directions

TYPES / can travel through earth's interior

travels across earth's surface

body wave : it can travel both solid and liquid material, moves in same direction

can only travel in solid materials, they move the material they pass through in a perpendicular motion