Relier Pairs Earthquake vocab Version en ligne Match the vocab par Melissa Byrd 1 earthquake 2 seismology 3 seismic waves 4 compressional wave 5 Faults 6 mechanical wave 7 focus 8 P waves (Primary waves) 9 S waves (secondary waves) 10 Epicenter 11 surface waves 12 Seismograph travel through liquids and solids, push and pull, faster, arrive first vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. A wave that requires a medium through which to travel Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. travel through solids only; cause rock to move in a side-to-side or up & down motion, slower waves A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface a wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving The study of earthquakes Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
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