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Quake Puzzle

Kristin Hotaling

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6.the boundary seperating the crust and the mantle
7.scale based on the motion of a seismograph
11.The solid, innermost layer of earth
16.displacement along a fault located on the ocean floor
18.The study of Earthquakes
19.a belt where p waves are absent
23.instuments that record earthquake waves
24.the total amount of energy released during an earthquake
25.seismic waves that travel along earths outer layer
27.A measure of the degree of earthquake shaking,based on the amount of damage
28.the fastest earthquake wave
29.records taken from a seismograph
32.The sudden release of stored strain in rocks that results in movement along a fault
33.Slow, gradual displacement along a fault that occurs relatively smoothly
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1.The zone within the Earth where rock displacement produces ans earthquake
2.a 12 point scale developed to evaluate earthquake intensity
3.A subdivsion of the mantle situated below the lithosphere. This zone is dpths of 100km-700km
4.a more precise measure of the earthquake magnetude than the Richter scale
5.A layer beneath the mantle about 2270km thick,and has the properties of a liquid
8.another name for the mesosphere
9.Vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy
10.slower moving surface wave
12.The ridgid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle
13.stable soil turns into a fluid that can not support building stuctures
14.The thin ourtermost layer of Earth
15.small Earthquake the often precede a major Earthquake
17.A seismic wave that travels through Earth's interior
20.The location on Earth's surface that that lies directly above the focus of an earthquake
21.A smaller Earthquake that follows the main earthquake
22.the part of the mantle that extends from the core mantle boundary to a depth of 660km
26.A break in a rock mass along which movement has occured
30.thick layer of Earth located below the crust