Earthquakes & Mountains

This is the process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress.

When an earthquake occurs, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called?

An earthquake's epicenter is ___________.

Earthquakes produce two main kinds of seismic waves.

Earthquakes often occur along faults.

Older buildings tend to withstand earthquakes better than newer buildings.

A machine produces one of these recordings of an earthquake's motion.

This is the point in which two or more tectonic plates meet.

These are vibrations that cause different types of ground motion.

This is the measure of the energy released by an earthquake.

A sudden shift in oceanic plates can cause one of these to surge toward land

The springing back of rock after it has been deformed is known as ______________.

Major earthquakes are sometimes preceded by smaller earthquakes called _______.

How do we measure earthquakes now in modern times?

All processes that form mountain ranges

This is the place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.

These are the slowest waves BUT the most destructive.

This is the spot directly above the focus on Earth's surface.

These waves move rock side to side.

These waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.

The adjustments that follow a major earthquake often generate smaller earthquakes called ____.

More than one kind of scale can be used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.

The hypothesis that explains the release of energy during an earthquake is called the ____.

Variations in the elevation of Earth’s crust

These are the second fastest waves.

A flat topped region area of an uplifted region

Only oceanic convergent plate combinations have subduction zones

A condition of equilibrium between the movement of the mantle and the Earth’s continental and oceanic crust

The effects of an earthquake and how the earthquake is felt by people is known as this.

These are ground movements that occur when rock in Earth moves suddenly and release energy.

Mountains that form between large faults when pieces of the crust is pushed downward due to tensional forces

These are the fastest waves.

Continental-continental convergent plates have subduction zones

This is a break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move.