Earthquakes

When rocks are subjected to stress, in what tow ways might the rock behave?

What three factors determine whether rocks will behavior as a brittle material or as a plastic material?

Are earthquakes random?

List three areas of the world where earthquakes most common?

The cause of most earthquakes are:

Define focus?

Define epicenter?

Is it true that all earthquakes originate at the same depth?

Can earthquakes occur at any depth within the earth?

What is foreshock?

Main Shock is?

Aftershock is?

The two types of earthquakes are?

Body waves are?

Surface waves are?

Body waves include?

P waves?

S waves are?

What type of wave is responsible for the rolling motion in a earthquake?

P waves can travel through:

S waves will only travel though:

From fastest to slowest list the three types of seismic waves:

The seismic wave to arrive at a seismograph station is the _____ wave?

The scale of earthquake intensity is based on?

The scale of earthquake magnitude is based on?

As a density of a material increases, the seismic wave velocity____.

List three lines of evidence to support the concept that the earth is differentiated into different layers of composition?