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