Ch.5 sec. 1

Question 1

Seismology

Answer 1

the study on earthquakes

Question 2

Deformation

Answer 2

the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in shape of rock in response to stress

Question 3

Elastic rebound

Answer 3

the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape

Question 4

Seismic Waves

Answer 4

a wave of energy that travels through the Earth and away from an earthquake in all direction

Question 5

P Waves

Answer 5

a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction

Question 6

S waves

Answer 6

a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to-side direction