Geophysics 20 Lecture 6 Study Questions

Earthquakes

Barbara Romanowicz

Geophysics 20

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Study Questions: Seismic Instrumentation

1) What is the name given to the continuous ground motion from natural 
causes?

2) List some types of disturbances that appear on seismograms and can be 
confused with earthquakes

3) What is the difference between a seismoscope and a seismogram?

4) What three parameters of a seismograph must be known in order to 
describe how it will respond to ground motion?

5) What are the different components which must be present in order to 
make a complete seismograph?

6) Define the magnification of a seismograph

7) What is the disadvantage of using pendulum clocks to keep time at 
seismographic stations?
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