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