| Body Waves | Surface Waves | Wave Vocabulary | Earthquakes | Lab Activity |
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What is a P wave?
Travels the fastest of body waves
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What is a up and down?
The motion of a Rayleigh Wave moves
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What is the low point in a wave cycle?
A trough
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What is the cause of earthquakes?
Seismic Waves
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What are the materials used to build a model building?
Toothpicks and mini marshmallows
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What is P wave?
Stands for Primary
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What is side to side or right to left?
The motion of a Love Wave
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What is the high point in a wave cycle?
A crest
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What are the people who design buildings to withstand an earthquake?
Building Engineers
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What is using the shake table?
To make observations and improve on design
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What is the movement of a P wave?
Like an elevator
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What is tectonic plates shift up and down?
Tectonic Plates do this to create a Rayleigh Wave
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What is the distance between crests in a wave cycle?
Wave length
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What is the device/instrument used to test earthquake proof buildings?
Shake Table
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What is instrument used to test building designs?
Shake table
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What is the form of matter that a Body Wave travels through?
A Solid
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What is a when a tectonic plates slide past one another?
Tectonic Plates do this to creatre a Love Wave
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What is the distance between the crest and the trough of a wave cycle?
Amplitude
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What is the reason engineers study earthquakes?
To keep people safe in the event of an earthquake?
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What is the height of the model?
At least 12 inches
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What is the distance a seismic wave travels between the P wave and the S wave?
Distance of 8 Km
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What is damage to buildings and roads?
Surface waves cause this to occur
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What is the speed at which a wave cycle occurs?
Velocity
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What is the point in the earth where an earthquake begins.
The epicenter
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What are characteristics of a successful design team?
Collaboration and communication
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