Name ____________________

 

Class Period _______

 
Vocabulary – Chapter 9 – Quiz Questions #6

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Earthquake

 

183

Focus

 

183

Fault

 

183

Epicenter

 

183

Plastic

 

183

Potential energy

 

182

Slip-stick motion

 

184

Slickensides

 

187

Foreshocks

 

187

Aftershocks

 

189

Body waves

 

189

Surface waves

 

190

Seismologist

 

190

Seismograph

 

194

Richter Scale

 

194

Moment Magnitude Scale

 

195

Mercalli Intensity Scale

 

196

Earthquake Zone

 

198

Tsunami

 

200

Chang Heng & his seismoscope

 

202

Liquefaction