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