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