Relier Pairs Earthquake vocab Version en ligne Match the vocab par Melissa Byrd 1 Seismograph 2 seismic waves 3 S waves (secondary waves) 4 Faults 5 earthquake 6 P waves (Primary waves) 7 focus 8 compressional wave 9 seismology 10 surface waves 11 Epicenter 12 mechanical wave The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake travel through liquids and solids, push and pull, faster, arrive first seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface a wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving A wave that requires a medium through which to travel 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 Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus The study of earthquakes 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. 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
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