Chapter 15-

linked student papers
earthquakes
          Earthquakes
- Carmelyn Reyes  (Spring 2005)
         
Measuring Earthquakes-
                        Jessica Downer  (Spring 2005)
         
Earthquake Danger-Los Alamos, New Mexico?
                        Catherine Kilgore  (Fall 2006)
         
Tsunami Warning System-
                        Dawn Stuckey  (Fall 2006)

VOCABULARY

Avoid first floor units when living or visiting in an earthquake prone area.

earthquake

focus

epicenter

fault

elastic rebound

seismometer

seismograph

seismogram

seismologist

surface wave (Love wave)

body wave

P wave (Primary)- compressional

S wave (Secondary)- shear

travel time graph

three intersecting circles

Circum-Pacific belt

Benioff zone

Richter scale

Mercalli scale

major U.S. earthquake zones

tsunami

liquefaction/thixotropic

prediction techniques
   water level in wells
   dissolved gases in groundwater
   micro-earthquakes
   earthquake patterns
   electrical effects- static
   animal behavior
   earthquake lights
   strain gauges

earthquake preparedness

earthquake engineering