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Monitoring Earthquakes (pp. 190195)

This section explains how geologists monitor faults to try to predict earthquakes.

Use Target Reading Skills

Review the text in the section Trying to Predict Earthquakes on page 195.
Complete the chart below by identifying two details that support the main idea.
Main Idea
Even with data from many sources, geologists cannot predict when and
where a quake will strike.

Detail
a.

Detail
b.

The Seismograph (p. 191)

1. After an earthquake, in what order are the different types of seismic waves
recorded by a seismograph?
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Monitoring Earthquakes (continued)

Instruments That Monitor Faults (pp. 192193)
2. List four instruments that geologists use to monitor movements along
faults.
a. ___________________________
b. ___________________________
c. ___________________________
d. ___________________________
Match the type of monitoring device with its description.
Monitoring Device
____ 3. creep meter
____ 4. laser-ranging device
____ 5. tiltmeter
____ 6. GPS satellite

Description
a. Uses a network of Earth-orbiting
satellites
b. Detects changes in distance to
a reflector
c. Measures movement along a
slip-strike fault
d. Works like a carpenters level

7. Label each circle in the Venn diagram with the name of the monitoring
device it represents.
b.

a.

Measures
horizontal
movement

Measures
movement
along a fault

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Measures
vertical
movement

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8. A device that bounces laser beams off a reflector to detect fault

movements is a(n) ____________________.
9. A device that can measure tiny vertical or horizontal movements of
markers set up on the opposite sides of a fault is a(n)
____________________.

Using Seismographic Data (pp. 194195)

10. How do seismic waves behave when they encounter a fault?
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11. How do the data from the movements of seismic waves help geologists
determine the earthquake risk for an area?
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12. The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across
another surface is referred to as ____________________.
13. Is the following sentence true or false? Geologists can predict accurately
where and when an earthquake will strike.
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