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| 1-2 of 2Richter scale flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Richter Scale and Mercalli Scaleby parbs27 | 5 terms | February 4, 2009 |
| 2 | Richter scale notesby lcleary | 12 terms | November 20, 2008 |
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| richter scale definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake | 24 sets | |
| 2 | an objective measure of the strength of an earthquake. it measures the degree of magnitude. | 8 sets | |
| 3 | a scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves | 7 sets | |
| 4 | a scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves. | 6 sets | |
| 5 | scale that expresses the magnitude of an earthquake | 4 sets | |
| 6 | measures the magnitude of an earthquake | 4 sets | |
| 7 | a rating of an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of the earthquake's seismic waves | 4 sets | |
| 8 | the scale used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake (uses numbers from 1-10) | 3 sets | |
| 9 | the scale used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake | 3 sets | |
| 10 | scale of numbers that indicate the strength of an earthquake | 3 sets | |
| 11 | a scale of earthquake magnitude based on the motion of a seismograph | 3 sets | |
| 12 | a scale used to compare the strengths of earthquakes | 3 sets | |
| 13 | the scale used to measure the strength of earthquakes | 3 sets | |
| 14 | a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake. | 2 sets | |
| 15 | a way to measure information collected by seismographs to determine the relative strength of an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 16 | a scale that rates an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves. (p. 184) | 2 sets | |
| 17 | measures the magnitude of the earthquake frm 1-10 | 2 sets | |
| 18 | a scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a seismograph | 2 sets | |
| 19 | meausre of magnitude | 2 sets | |
| 20 | a scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a particular type of mechanical seismograph | 2 sets | |
| 21 | a rating of the size of seismic waves | 2 sets | |
| 22 | scale used to measure earthquakes | 2 sets | |
| 23 | decribes the magnitude or strength of an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 24 | skala richtera | 2 sets | |
| 25 | measures magnitude | 2 sets | |
| 26 | a scale that rates the seismic wavesas measured by a paticular type of mechanical seismograph | 2 sets | |
| 27 | scale that expresses magnitude of an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 28 | a scale that rates earthquakes measured by a mechanical seismograph | 2 sets | |
| 29 | a scale used to measure the intensity of an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 30 | a scale that rates an earthquakes magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves | 2 sets | |
| 31 | a scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a mechanical seismograph | 2 sets | |
| 32 | scale that measures the energy released by an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 33 | scale used to measure severity of earthquakes | 2 sets | |
| 34 | measures the ground motion from an earthquake to find the earthquake's strength | 2 sets | |
| 35 | the scale of earthquake magnitude based on the largest body wave | 2 sets | |
| 36 | or more correctly local magnitude ml scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake | 2 sets | |
| 37 | a scale that rates an earthquakes magnitude based on the size of its seuismic waves | 2 sets | |
| 38 | a scale that measures earthquakes and tsunamis,it is a machine used around the world | 2 sets | |
| 39 | measures magnitude or energy released at the focus of an earthquake. | 2 sets | |
| 40 | scale used to measure the intensity of an earthquake, logarithmic, so a difference of one unit means a difference of ten-fold in wave intensity, which corresponds to an energy difference of 32-fold. | 1 set | |