Relier Pairs Earthquake vocab Version en ligne Match the vocab par Melissa Byrd 1 Faults 2 seismic waves 3 Epicenter 4 P waves (Primary waves) 5 compressional wave 6 focus 7 S waves (secondary waves) 8 surface waves 9 mechanical wave 10 seismology 11 Seismograph 12 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 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 The study of earthquakes Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. 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 seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface travel through liquids and solids, push and pull, faster, arrive first A wave that requires a medium through which to travel 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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