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